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Expert Advice:Joy DavidsonAn Interview with JoyDavidsonDigital Curation Centre(DCC), UKBy Laura MolloyJoy Davidson is the AssociateDirector of the JISC-fundedDigital Curation Centre (DCC)in the UK. The DCC - now inits third phase of activity - is aworld-leading centre ofexpertise in digital informationcuration with a focus onbuilding capacity, capabilityand skills for research datamanagement (RDM) acrossthe UK's higher educationresearch community. ReadMore

Spotlight onDigCurVPartnerUniversity of Goettingen,GermanyBy Claudia Engelhardt &Stefan Strathmann (UGOE)Göttingen State andUniversity Library is one ofthe largest libraries inGermany. Since itsfoundation in 1734, it hasdeveloped in close relation tothe Georg-August-UniversitätGöttingen. A research libraryfrom its inception, it has builtup collections of both nationaland international significance.Read More

Ahead of the CurVMarch 2012 - Issue 2

The last few months have been exciting ones forDigCurV. We have been analysing surveys that dealtwith investigating existing opportunities for training indigital curation as well as the demand for training fromstaff working in cultural and other institutions. The resultshighlight that as more and more institutions are collectingdigital materials, they are asking their staff to take on newroles in managing these collections. Our surveys suggestthat while there is a lack of training courses, the demandfor training – particularly introductory training and trainingfor trainers -- is high. In such difficult economic times it isexciting to see new jobs emerging in this area and it willbe important to provide the right platform for training andskills development. Read More

Putting theFocus onPractitioners:Focus GroupFindingsBy Chiara Cirinna (FRD) with

Claudia Engelhardt (UGOE)

DigCurV conducted a series

of focus groups in five

countries in throughout

Autumn 2011 to identify the

skills and competences

needed for digital

preservation and curation and

discuss the need for

vocational education and

training in this field.

Participants brainstormed

ideal job profiles for the

varied roles in the digital

curation field. Read More

TrainingOpportunitiesBy Vilma Karvelyte, Nijole

Klingaite & Jurate Kupriene

(VUL)

In November 2011, DigCurV

launched a profile of training

opportunities on the project

website. The profile is a result

of a Survey of Training

Opportunities conducted in

Spring 2011. Read More

CURATE: TheDigital CuratorGameBy Katie McCadden

DigCurV piloted ‘The Game

of the Digital Curation

Lifecycle,’ at the Digital

Strategies for Heritage

Conference 2011 as a novel

way to explore with curators

their changing roles due to

the need to create, manage

and curate digital objects.

Read More

If you have some news on

training and continuing

professional development

in digital curation that you

would like to share in our

next issue, please contact

info@digcur-education.org.

To learn more about the

project, visit www.digcur-

education.org.

DigCurV is funded by the

European Commission's

Lifelong Learning Leonardo

da Vinci programme.

Copyright © 2011 DigCurv. All rights reserved. This project hasbeen funded with support from the European Commission.