DigCCurr Professional Institute

DigCCurr Professional Institute
Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
May 31 - June 5, 2015 and January 12-13, 2016
(One price for two sessions)

For more information visit

    <URL:http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute.html>

Registration:

    <URL:http://tinyurl.com/oms2mny>

The Institute consists of one five-day session in June 2015 and a
two-day follow-up session in January 2016.  The summer event begins
at 6 PM on Sunday, May 31, 2015 with a welcome and opening event.
Each day of the summer session will include lectures, discussion and
hands-on "lab" components.  A course pack and a private, online
discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and
application of the material.  An opening reception dinner on Sunday,
Continental breakfast, break time snacks and coffee, and a dinner on
Tuesday will also be included.

This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and
community-building among professionals responsible for the curation
of digital materials.

Registration:

    Regular registration : $1,150
    Late registration (after April 15, 2015): $1,300

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 include:

    From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Drs. Helen
    Tibbo, Cal Lee, and Kam Woods

    Dr. Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Dr. Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

    Dr. Lorraine Richards, Drexel University

May 2015

Institute Components include (order and session titles may vary
somewhat from those listed):

    Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main
    functions

    Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape

    Digital curation program development

    Digital curation stakeholders and digital curation landscape

    Case Study on developing a digital repository

    Procedural accountability: policies, submission agreements,
    rules

    LAB -Transforming policy statements into rules

    Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities

    Roles and responsibilities for curation

    LAB - Matching skills and roles

    Characterization of digital objects

    Overview and Characterization of Existing Tools: Placing the
    Tools in a Larger Industry Context

    File formats

    LAB - File format robustness

    Managing in response to technological change

    Digital forensics

    Ethical issues

    LAB - Media and content

    Workflows, humans, and tools

    Lab - Workflows

    Evaluating curation programs requirements and assessment

    LAB - Evaluating curation programs: TRAC/ISO 16363 Review

    Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer
    information environment

    Economics of digital curation - costs and resource commitments

    LAB - Economics of digital curation

    Cloud computing

    Web archiving

    Formulating your six-month action plan: task for each
    individual, with instructors available to provide guidance

    Summary of action plans

    Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months

January 12-13, 2016

    Participants in the May event will return to Chapel Hill in
    January 2015 to discuss their experiences in implementing what
    they have learned in their own work environments.  Participants
    will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for
    continuing progress. Accommodations for January will be the
    responsibility of the attendee.

For more information, contact Dr. Helen Tibbo <tibbo<-at->email<.>unc<.>edu)
for Institute questions or Herrison Chicas <chicas<-at->email<.>unc<.>edu>
for payment or registration questions.

The Digital Professional Institute was initiated as part of the
DigCCurr II project, supported by the Institute for Museum and
Library Services (Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08) and is partially
supported by the School of Information and Library Science,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lodging: Participants are responsible for their own lodging.  A
DigCCurr 2015-16 room block has been reserved at the Aloft Hotel
$119/night.  Please indicate "DigCCurr2015" when making
reservations.  You may reserve your hotel room by calling the hotel
at 919-969-6989 or visiting

    <URL:https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/DigCCurr2015>

Reservations must be received by May 1, 2015.  See the
Accommodations page for more information

    <URL:http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute_accom.html>

We look forward to seeing you there.

Helen


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