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1 Towards a framework for education and training of digital curators
Zinaida Manžuch Institute of Library and Information Science, Vilnius University LIDA 2008, Dubrovnik, 4 June

2 Aims and outline Urgent demand for educating digital curators
Aim: to determine the main priorities for education and training of digital curators (DC) Topics discussed: Digital curation concept & current landscape Structure and teaching priorities in DC education Conceptual model of DC education and training Based on: DigitalPreservationEurope findings (see Experience in LIS Education in Europe

3 Digital curation concept
Digital curation – extending life-cycle of digital documents – born-digital and digitised Changes: Dependency on technology obsolescence, complex and dynamic structure of digital documents Covers all cycle of resource management activities (curation) Preservation of accessibility

4 Digital curation landscape

5 Structuring the content of DC education & training
The need for unifying principle: danger of fragmentation Proper mix of social, cultural, organizational and technological aspects of DC Integration of DC into broader context of archival, library and museum (ALM) activities Interchange of knowledge in ALM sector

6 Some pre-requisites for DC structuring priorities
The scope of current DC training events

7 Teaching priorities for DC education and training
Learning objectives - educating professional capable: to work in fluid environments to cope with ambiguous situations New vision for competency Balance between research and practice

8 Conceptual model of DC education & training
Higher Education Conceptual knowledge Operational knowledge Technical skills Vocational training

9 Conclusions Digital curators – educators and consultants of diverse communities DC should rely on knowledge base of archivistics, LIS and museology DC is a reflective professional DC education provides a proper mix of “know how” and “know why” DC is oriented to problem-based learning

10 Thank you for attention!
Zinaida Manžuch Institute of Library and Information Science Faculty of Communication Vilnius University


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