About Our Projects
DigCCurr II (2008-12)
DigCCurr II: Extending an International Digital Curation Curriculum to Doctoral Students and Practitioners furthers the work of DigCCurr I. In addition to continued funding through IMLS and partnering with NARA, DigCCurr II also partners with the University of Glasgow's HATII to extend the DigCCurr I curriculum development to doctoral students. Read more...DigCCurr I (2006-09)
Now complete, the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) partnered with
NARA
in DigCCurr I: Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building an International Digital Curation Curriculum. This
IMLS-funded project (2006-09) developed an openly accessible graduate-level curriculum to prepare
students to work in the field of
digital curation. Two symposia also brought the issues of digital curation and this curriculum to the broader library, archives, and
museum communities as
well as the public. Read more....
Photo: Manning Hall. Photo credit: Songphan Choemprayong
(totomaru), all rights reserved.
Recent News
February 4-5: Sarah Ramdeen, Kaitlin Costello, and Mike Brown presented a poster, "Preparing Future Digital Curation Faculty: Three Doctoral Fellows as Examples" at iConference 2010 in Urbana, IL.
February 4-5: Kaitlin Costello presented a poster, "Digital Preservation Education in iSchools" at iConference 2010 in Urbana, IL.
January 14, 2010: Carolyn Hank presented a poster on the DigCCurr I Carolina Digital Curation Fellowship (CDCF) program,
"Applying Digital Curation Principles in Practical Settings: A Framework for Implementing Field Experiences from the
DigCCurr Project," at the
2010 ALISE
Annual Conference: Creating a Culture of Collaboration.
Other News: Read more about recent and past events in the
DigCCurr news and events archive found under the News section of this website.
Contact Us
We're interested in hearing your thoughts and ideas about the essential elements of a digital curation/preservation curriculum. We are also happy to talk with prospective students and educators on opportunities for digital curation education at SILS. Please click here to drop us a line.