Curating Data - the Next Frontier
- 1. Curating Data - The next Frontier G端nter Waibel Director, Digitization Program Office Smithsonian Institution
- 2. The nature of frontiers November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 2
- 3. Digital Curation Whats in a word? November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 3
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- 5. Data/Digital Curation Smithsonian Institution Straddles disciplines Focus on the sciences as 3 Science Museums, 6 data curation Research Centers, 1 Zoo Extension to humanities 16 History, Art & Culture as digital curation Museums Straddles communities Libraries (digital 1 Library (with 20 branches) preservation) Archives (selection & 18 Archives appraisal) Museums (curation) 19 Museums November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 5
- 6. Digital Curation Lifecycle Access Digitization Metadata Asset Management http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/curation-lifecycle-model
- 7. Smithsonian pan- Institutional Efforts Creation Digitization Program (G端nter Waibel) Asset Management and Durability Research Information Services (Thornton Staples) Delivery Web & New Media Delivery (Mike Edson) Mobile Strategy & Initiatives (Nancy Proctor) November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 7
- 8. External Pressure November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 8
- 9. Digital Curation Centre (UK) DataONE Smithsonian Institution UC Curation Center, California Digital Library UCLA Library UC San Diego Libraries University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Virginia Libraries November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 9
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- 13. Internal Pressure November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 13 http://www.si.edu/About/Policies/#sd
- 14. Digital Asset Management Plans How are digital assets managed for the long-term? An exercise in self-awareness What resources, procedures, standards, systems do we employ to manage our resources? Where do those resources, procedures, standards, systems fail us? Driving decisions What resources, procedures, standards, systems do we need? (unit) What resources, procedures, standards, systems can we all converge on? (pan-Institutional)
- 15. Digital Asset Management Plans Funding Strategy How do we fund it? Ambition What is our plan? What is the most effective mechanism? State Where do we want to go? Which assets actually Where are we? need longterm How are assets management? currently being managed?
- 16. Predictions Funder and Institution requirements for DMPs will differ DMPs will surface points of failure (policies, resources, procedures, standards, systems, etc.) DMPs ultimately may help Smithsonian units work together more effectively November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 16
- 17. Curating Data - The next Frontier? Be better at being introspective The concepts of data curation could help us take a more holistic view at existing practices. Be better at being extroverted Data curation could be a common ground of conversation among different disciplines (humanties, sciences) and different communities (including libraries, archives, museums) November 18, 2011 G端nter Waibel | Smithsonian Institution 17
- 18. Thank you! Photo by Dane Penland, Smithsonian Institution G端nter Waibel | Director, SI Digitization Program Office | waibelg@si.edu