News & Project Updates | Closing the Digital Curation Gap
- CDCG Extended: CDCG was extended through October 2012, culminating in the CDCG Symposium (Dr. Helen R. Tibbo's Overview Presentation PDF) and the launch of the DCE Digital Curation Guides.
- June 29, 2011 (London, UK): The International Curation Education (ICE) Forum was held in London. It provided an international meeting place for educators, trainers, students and practitioners of digital curation to discuss, evaluate, swap knowledge, and improve practice around effective curricula and course design, production of advice and guidance materials (beginner, intermediate and expert), and creation and use of textbooks and scholarly material.
- June 28, 2011 (London, UK): The US and UK team meeting was held in London, UK.
- January 4–7, 2011 (San Diego, CA): Heather Bowden presented “Cultural Heritage Preservation Curricula in LIS Education” at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference.
- December 9, 2010 (Chicago, IL): A joint US/UK CDCG project meeting was held in Chicago, IL.
- December 6–8, 2010 (Chicago, IL): Heather Bowden presented “Where Are They Now?: A Survey of Digital Curation Activities in Cultural Heritage Institutions” at the 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC).
- December 6–8, 2010 (Chicago, IL): Heather Bowden, Cal Lee, and Helen Tibbo presented “Closing the Digital Curation Gap Focus Groups: Establishing a Baseline of Digital Curation Practice and Knowledge” at the 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC).
- November 1–3, 2010 (Palo Alto, CA): Heather Bowden and Helen Tibbo presented “Closing the Digital Curation Guidance Gap” at the Digital Library Federation (DLF) 2010 Fall Forum.
- October 27–30, 2010 (Austin, TX): A focus group was held in conjunction with the Museum Computer Network Conference on October 28, 2010. Helen Tibbo presented “Building Digital Curation Capacity for Museums” and Heather Bowden presented “Digital Curation Exchange” at the MCN Annual Meeting.
- September 22–23, 2010 (Vienna, Austria): Cal Lee presented “Spanning the Boundaries of Digital Curation Education” at the 7th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2010), followed by a CDCG planning and informational meeting on September 23.
- August 13, 2010 (Washington, DC): A focus group was held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists (SAA).
- June 26–29, 2010 (Washington, DC): Helen Tibbo presented “Educating the Curator: Digital Curation Education for LAMs” at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference (June 26), followed by an ALA focus group (June 28) and US Advisory Board meeting (June 29).
- June 17, 2010 (Toronto, Canada): Helen Tibbo presented “Educating the Curator” at Curation Matters: The First Digital Curation Institute Conference.
- June 13–18, 2010 (Boston, MA): Heather Bowden presented on the Digital Curation Exchange at the Digital Preservation Management Workshop.
- June 7, 2010 (Research Triangle, NC): A pilot focus group was held with local cultural heritage professionals.
- June 1–4, 2010 (The Hague, Netherlands): Cal Lee presented “Convergence Through Capabilities: Digital Curation Education for Libraries, Archives and Museums” at the Archiving 2010 Conference.
- March 30 & April 21, 2010 (Gaithersburg, MD & Dresden, Germany): Helen Tibbo presented “Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle” at the Digital Preservation Interoperability Framework (DPIF) Symposiums.
- March 6, 2010 (Denver, CO): The first CDCG full advisory board meeting was held.
- November 30, 2009 (London, UK): The first CDCG planning meeting was held following the November 20, 2009 IMLS press release.