New Roles for New Times: Digital Curation for Preservation

New Roles for New Times: Digital Curation for Preservation

Curation

Tyler Walters, archivist, librarian and associate dean of Virginia Tech’s technology and information resources, discusses the nature and responsibilities of academic librarians as they undertake the collection and curation of digital content. He cites several projects, partnerships, strategic alliances, and collaborations between academic institutions in order to coordinate efforts to preserve and disseminate large-scale digital archiving projects. Some of the principles discussed in this report include: mutual commitment to long-term preservation; collaboration to adopt policies and procedures that will sustain the archive to the benefit of its collection owners and institution and commitment to high standards for metadata and content. Walters also discusses several applications and systems used for designing archives and user tools, including DSpace, Fedora, and CDL’s Curation Center.

Walters, Tyler

Skinner, Katherine

American Association of Research Libraries

2011-03-17

Polk, Victoria

Copyright Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

ARL Report Series in Development

Report

http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/publications/nrnt_digital_curation17mar11.pdf

Walters, Tyler and Katherine Skinner. "New Roles for New Times Digital Curation for Preservation." ARL. Educopia Institute, 4-70. Web. 7 Nov. 2015.