Heritage Curation in the Digital Age: Professional Challenges and Opportunities

Column Editor's Notes

The “Digital Heritage: Spotlight on Europe” column examines technological advances internal and external to cultural institutions. The digital shift radically changed how cultural heritage is made, disseminated, distributed, accessed, consumed, and monetized. One of the most important revolutions is that the user.s role changed dramatically, shifting from passive observers to active participants and content producers with many new and exciting opportunities for engagement, creative use, and access. Interested authors are invited to submit proposals and articles to the column editor at [email protected]. Please include “IILR submission” in the subject line of the email.

ABSTRACT

The development of a clear theoretical framework and the international social role of data curator have emerged as crucial issue for library and information science institutions and schools. Digital heritage institutions are not stand-alone applications, but are rather dynamic ecosystems that need to be integrated with other applications and services in order to develop and to survive. The new profile of data curator is evidenced in the three components of its competencies: the content, the technology, and the social role.

KEYWORDS:

• Data curation
• digital curation
• digital preservation
• data science

Notes

1 See more at: http://www.epsiplatform.eu/content/european-parliament-approves-plans-open-access-public-data#sthash.mUC7bF9h.dpuf