This document discusses priorities for educating digital curators. It argues that there is an urgent need to train digital curators due to technology changes and the complex nature of digital documents. It proposes that digital curation education should integrate archival, library, and museum practices and provide a balance of conceptual knowledge, operational skills, and technical training. The conceptual model suggests higher education for conceptual knowledge and vocational training for operational and technical skills.
DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) fosters collaboration between national digital preservation initiatives across Europe to improve coordination and consistency in preserving digital materials. DPE aims to create a platform for cooperation and collaboration on research results and experience in digital preservation, including raising awareness of issues and sources on digital preservation, stimulating research in key areas, and avoiding duplication of efforts.
Digital preservation researches - European situation summarizes the state of digital preservation research in Europe. It discusses how the majority of costs for digital projects are spent on initially creating digital materials rather than preserving them, even though preserving digital content over the long term requires significantly more resources. The document also references a model for understanding the different themes within digital preservation and provides context that this research is part of a larger project investigating a roadmap for digital preservation in Europe.
This document discusses priorities for educating digital curators. It argues that there is an urgent need to train digital curators due to technology changes and the complex nature of digital documents. It proposes that digital curation education should integrate archival, library, and museum practices and provide a balance of conceptual knowledge, operational skills, and technical training. The conceptual model suggests higher education for conceptual knowledge and vocational training for operational and technical skills.
DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) fosters collaboration between national digital preservation initiatives across Europe to improve coordination and consistency in preserving digital materials. DPE aims to create a platform for cooperation and collaboration on research results and experience in digital preservation, including raising awareness of issues and sources on digital preservation, stimulating research in key areas, and avoiding duplication of efforts.
Digital preservation researches - European situation summarizes the state of digital preservation research in Europe. It discusses how the majority of costs for digital projects are spent on initially creating digital materials rather than preserving them, even though preserving digital content over the long term requires significantly more resources. The document also references a model for understanding the different themes within digital preservation and provides context that this research is part of a larger project investigating a roadmap for digital preservation in Europe.