Talk given at ALA 2103 to the ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group. Discusses various methodologies for stewarding digital content --particularly through the utilization of digital curation techniques and practices. Look at the University of Virginia's deployment of a unit dedicated to the life cycle of the digital object through its selection, creation, management/use, discovery and access, and finally, preservation.

1. Where the wild
things aren’t
How Digital Curation can tame even
the most persnickety Content
Bradley J. Daigle
University of Virginia
30 June 2013
@bradleydaigle / #dcig13
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2. Step back in time...
• We worked in an age of adhocracy
• Where choice reigned supreme
• You get whatever you desired
• Requests came in every possible flavor
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3. Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
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4. Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
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5. Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black Walnut Cotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
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6. Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black Walnut Cotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter and
Chocolate
Pralines and Cream
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
wberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Chocolate surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Tuesday, July 9, 13

7. Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black Walnut Cotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter and
Chocolate
Pralines and Cream
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
wberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black Walnut Cotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter and
Chocolate
Pralines and Cream
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
wberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie DoughVanilla
Vanilla
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black WalnutCotton Candy
Chocolate Fudg
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter a
Chocolate
Pralines and Cre
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
Strawberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
kie Dough
Pineapple
t
Peach
WalnutCotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
on Custard
i Ice
nut
Orange Sherbet
Cookies
Cream Peanut Butter and
Pralines and Cream
mint
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Rum Raison
Shortcake
World Class
Berry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Tuesday, July 9, 13

8. Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black Walnut Cotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter and
Chocolate
Pralines and Cream
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
wberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black Walnut Cotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter and
Chocolate
Pralines and Cream
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
wberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie DoughVanilla
Vanilla
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black WalnutCotton Candy
Chocolate Fudg
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter a
Chocolate
Pralines and Cre
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
Strawberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
kie Dough
Pineapple
t
Peach
WalnutCotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
on Custard
i Ice
nut
Orange Sherbet
Cookies
Cream Peanut Butter and
Pralines and Cream
mint
y Road
Rum Raison
Shortcake
World Class
Berry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black Walnut Cotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter and
Chocolate
Pralines and Cream
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
wberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
StrawbeStr
Peanut Butter
Chocolate
Strawberry
Chocolate
Vanilla
Strawberry
Coffee
Cookie Dougha
a
Pineapple
Mint
Peach
Black WalnutCotton Candy
Chocolate Fudge
Lemon Custard
Daiquiri Ice
Coconut
Orange Sherbet
Oreo Cookies
and Cream Peanut Butter and
Chocolate
Pralines and Cream
Peppermint
Rocky Road
Rum Raison
awberry Shortcake
Winter White
World Class
VeryBerry
U Guess
Choco surprise
Lemon Biter
Strawberry
Mint
Chocolate
Peanut Butter
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9. Phew.
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10. Different Times
• New and exciting technology
• culture of experimentation
• focus on quantity over quality (whether intentional
or not)
• much of this material does not scale in current
form
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11. Legacy - a powerful
word
We have inherited a past world
We live in the present
We plan for the future
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12. Digital Curation
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13. Is...
Selection
Creation
Management
Stewardship
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14. Is...
Added Value of all sorts!
repository environments
metadata
functionality
rights layering
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15. Philosophy
• Mission
• Infrastructure
• Capacity
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16. Creation
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17. Creation
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18. Imaging/Scanning
• What is the purpose?
• Collection building
• Patron requests
• Preservation
• Instruction
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20. Text
• XML in many flavors
• TEI
• EAD
• UTF 8
• Blobs
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21. Born Digital
• Highly variable (and volatile)
• Complex
• Scale
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23. Digital Scholarship
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24. Infrastructure
• How is this material managed?
• Access points
• Library catalogue?
• Vendor solutions?
• Web services
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25. Intellectual Property
One of the biggest challenges for any purveyor of content
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27. Functionality
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29. Stewardship
Level 1: Collect metadata only
Level 2: Saving project as a set of binary files +
metadata
Level 3: Content delivered as the original
Level 4: Look and feel intact
Level 5: Project completely documented
source: http://www.digitalcurationservices.org/sustaining-digital-scholarship/
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30. Transformation
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33. Bradley J. Daigle
bradley@virginia.edu
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