Digital Curation
The curation of digital content encompasses a wide array of policies and practices that ensure the ongoing usability and accessibility of digital information. The processes related to digital curation include working with the originators of the content (whether data, text, images, or other) to document key aspects about it that will facilitate its later use by others. Libraries or other stewards need to keep a record of the technical environment in which the content was created, its coding scheme, standards used, and other pertinent metadata. They also need to develop procedures for monitoring the ongoing usability of the content as technology platforms evolve. Technical, social, economic, and policy issues are all important components of digital curation.
Recent Publications/Reports/Presentations by CNI Staff
“Library Perspectives on the EDUCAUSE 2019 Top 10 IT Issues” (February '19)Authors: Joan K. Lippincott et al
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Library & IT Partnerships with Campus Museums & Archives (January '17)
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Closing Keynote IDCC 2014 (February '14)
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Cloud Architectures and Cultural Memory (September '13)
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Summing Up IDCC 2013 (January '13)
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Recent Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions from CNI Meetings
Artificial Intelligence for Transcription and Metadata in Special Collections: Three Projects (March '25)
Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky
Hope Dunbar, University at Buffalo
Rachel Senese Myers, Georgia State University
John Chodacki, California Digital Library
Preserving Billions of Photos? Try Data Lifeboat (March '25)
George Oates, Flickr Foundation
Reconsidering Digital Ecosystems for Curation (March '25)
Lindsey Memory, Brigham Young University
Andy Spackman, Brigham Young University
Reed Jones, University at Buffalo
Adam Strohm, Illinois Institute of Technology
Safeguarding Audiovisual Data (March '25)
Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
Peter Kaufman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Rowntree, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Recent Videos
Re-Envisioning the Digital Repository: Showcasing Our Exciting Islandora Solution (January '25)Chulin Meng, Lehigh University
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Climate Change Means Change: Long-term Planning for Long-term Digital Preservation (August '24)
Sibyl Schaefer, University of California, San Diego View more information
Ontario Universities’ Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Task Force Moves Ahead (August '24)
Jacqueline Whyte Appleby, Scholars Portal
Catherine Steeves, Western University View more information
Championing Institutional Data Sharing Efforts (May '24)
Mikala Narlock, Data Curation Network, University of Minnesota
Jake Carlson, University at Buffalo View more information
Getting There from Here: A Path to Preserve Digital Collections (May '24)
Kari May, University of Pittsburgh
Clinton Graham, University of Pittsburgh View more information
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Recent Podcasts
April 29, 2012: Big Data, E-Journals, ID Mgt, Text Mining, & more (May '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, April 29, 2012Listen to the Podcast
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Feb. 10, 2012: Horizon Megatrends; E-Book Self-Publishing; OSTP Comments (February '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, Feb. 10, 2012
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Jan. 18, 2012: Large Datasets, Identity, & New Digital Scholarship (January '12) CNI Conversations Podcast, Jan. 18, 2012
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Nov 28, 2011: Open Data, Publishing Innovations, Assessment (November '11) CNI Conversations Podcast, Nov. 28, 2011
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Sept 6, 2011: CI for Classical Studies, Digital Scholarship Centers, Data Mgt, Cliff’s Summer Reading (September '11) CNI Conversations Podcast, Sept 6, 2011
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