Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation and Access Education and Training

Period of Performance

1/1/2010 - 12/31/2012

Funding Totals

$248,311.00 (approved)
$248,152.89 (awarded)


Preservation and Access Virtual Education Laboratory for Digital Humanities

FAIN: PE-50043-10

Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382)
David Wallace (Project Director: July 2009 to April 2013)

Funding supports the development of curriculum modules and a virtual laboratory for graduate-level coursework in preserving and enhancing access to digital humanities resources as well as for use in the Digital Preservation Management Workshop, a continuing education program hosted annually at the University of Michigan by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

The University of Michigan School of Information (SI) seeks funding to develop and implement a virtual laboratory featuring digital access and preservation tools. These tools will be integrated into Masters’ level coursework in two specializations preparing information management and cultural heritage professionals: Preservation of Information (PI) and Archives and Records Management (ARM). These tools will also be assessed and integrated into the Digital Preservation Management Workshops hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Educating a new generation of digital archivists or curators is essential to create, build, and sustain digital humanities collections and to ensure that they are accessible to humanities scholars in a variety of fields. Specifically, this proposal seeks support to: develop and implement curricular modules; develop and implement an IT teaching virtual lab; disseminate tools, specifications, and curricula modules.





Associated Products

Digital Curation for Digital Natives (Article)
Title: Digital Curation for Digital Natives
Author: Elizabeth Yakel, Paul Conway, Margaret Hedstrom, David Wallace
Abstract: Digital information is all around us. More and more information is either born digital or digitally reformatted. A new generation of digital archivists and digital preservation specialists (also known as digital curators) is needed to manage this information throughout its life cycle. A strong digital curation curriculum has three components: courses, practice-based internships, and a solid technological infrastructure. This article discusses the education of digital archivists and curators at the University of Michigan's School of Information in the context of these three components.
Year: 2011
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science