Digital curation in the academic library job market

Digital Curation, Copyright, and Academic Research

A defining characteristic of contemporary copyright law is the willingness of governments to accept the argument that the impact of digital technologies requires copyright owners to be given ever greater control over the use of their works, regardless of the detriment to the copyright regime's 'public interest' elements. Yet a one-size-fits-all 'all rights reserved' copyright regime clearly fai...

Digital Curation Vignettes: Personal, Academic, and Organizational Digital Information

This panel presents variations on the theme of digital curation by examining the digital information management and preservation practices of three different populations. Personal digital information management, personal collections transferred to institutional repositories, and a digital archiving case in a private organization, offer a wide view of the types of contexts in which digital mater...

The Trending Academic Library Job Market: An Analysis of Library Position Announcements from 2011 with Comparisons to 1996 and 1988

Competencies Required for Digital Curation: An Analysis of Job Advertisements

With digital curation’s increasingly important role in the fast-paced and data-intensive information environment, there is a need to identify a set of competencies for professionals in this growing field. As part of a curriculum development project funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, a total of 173 job advertisements posted between October 2011 and April 2012 were colle...

Integrating Digital Curation in a Digital Library Curriculum: the International Master DILL Case Study

The paper describes the design and delivery of the curriculum of the International Master DILL and the methodology used to integrate the digital curation module and its specific learning objectives. Keywords— Digital Library Education, Digital curation