DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle

About the Institute
  • Join other digital curation practitioners in a week-long intensive institute taught by international digital curation experts
  • Learn about the digital object lifecycle and practical tools for managing your digital collection over time
  • Engage in collaborative discussions with classmates and instructors
  • Reconvene in January to report on and share strategies for application of the Institute's lessons, tools and content

This professional institute consists of one five-day session in May 20-25, 2012 and a two-day follow-up session in January 7-8, 2013. Each day of the May session will include lectures, discussion and an interactive component. A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material. An opening reception, break-time snacks and drinks, and a dinner will also be included.

See the institute's agenda page for further details.

Accommodations

If you choose the on-campus accommodations, you will be staying in Ram's Village #4, Taylor Hall. For more information about the dorms, please visit their website.

If you are not staying in the dorms, we typically arrange for a small block of rooms at the Aloft Hotel. To find pricing information and to book your room, please visit their secure website for booking a room during the DigCCurr Institute. Space is limited, and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please book your room by May 15 to receive our discounted rate.

Please refer to the institute's accomodations page for further details.

Registration

Registration for this event is currently closed
  • Regular registration: $950
  • Late registration (after April 15, 2012): $1,050
  • Summer Institute accommodations (includes 5 nights of a private room in a 4 room/2 bath dorm suite on the UNC campus, with kitchen, linens, and internet access) : $300*
  • We highly recommend that you choose the on-campus accommodations.


*If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute.

Institute Instructors
  • From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Dr. Helen Tibbo, Dr. Cal Lee, and Dr. Richard Marciano.
  • Dr. Carolyn Hank, from McGill University.
  • Dr. Nancy McGovern, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
  • Dr. Seamus Ross, from the University of Toronto.
For more information on the instructors, see the institute's biography page.

For more information, e-mail Dr. Helen Tibbo at [tibbo (at) email (dot) unc (dot) edu]
Dr. Cal Lee at [callee (at) email (dot) unc (dot) edu], or
Angela Murillo at [amurillo (at) email (dot) unc (dot) edu].