Article: "Digital Curation: The Emergence of a New Discipline"

Title: “Digital Curation: The Emergence of a New Discipline (11 pages; PDF)
by Sarah Higgins
Source: International Journal of Digital Curation Vol 6, No 2 (2011)

Abstract:

In the mid 1990s UK digital preservation activity concentrated on ensuring the survival of digital material – spurred on by the US report Preserving Digital Information (The Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information, 1996) and developed through JISC-funded activities. Technical developments and a maturing understanding of organisational activity and workflow saw the emphasis move to ensuring the access, use and reuse of digital materials throughout their lifecycle. Digital Curation emerged as a new discipline supported through the activities of the UK’s Digital Curation Centre and a number of EU 6th Framework Projects. Digital Curation is now embedded in both practice and research; with the development of tools, and the foundation of a number of support units and academic educators offering training and furthering research.

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See Also: New Issue Alert: International Journal of Digital Curation: Vol 6, No 2 (2011)
See Also: “Preserving Digital Information”
Report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information
commissioned by The Commission on Preservation and Access and
The Research Libraries Group
May 1, 1996

Filed under: Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, New Issue, Preservation