Digital curation

Digital curation is the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection and archiving of digital assets. Digital curation establishes, maintains and adds value to repositories of digital data for present and future use. This is often accomplished by archivists, librarians, scientists, historians and scholars.

The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) had this to say, "For research teams to enjoy the full benefit of the research data that is produced, institutions must put in place skilled digital curators and effective curation lifecycle management. This will help to ensure that important digital research data is adequately safeguarded for future use.

By learning how to preserve and share digital materials so others can effectively reuse them, you will maximise the impact of your research – and inspire confidence amongst the research councils and funding bodies that invest in your work".

We had a guest lecturer on the subject, Mrs Sally Witbooi. Personally the subject matter was of interest to me. My dissertation is on preserving indigenous knowledge. I see this as a platform I can use extensively. Thought provoking lecture by Sally.

Sally recently travelled to Finland to present a paper on Digital Curation.