Presentation by Patricia C, Franks, School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum
6-7 May, 2013
Florence, Rome
Infusing Digital Curation Competencies into the SLIS Curriculum
1. Infusing Digital Curation
Competencies into the SLIS
Curriculum
Patricia C. Franks, Ph.D., CRM
Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Science
San Jose State University, San José, CA, USA
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Digital Universe in 2020
• The digital universe will grow to 40,000 exabytes or 40 trillion
gigabytes (more than 5,200 gigabytes for every man, woman,
and child)
• Nearly 40% of that information will be touched by cloud
computing providers (stored in the cloud at some point between
creation and disposition)
• The proportion of data requiring protection will grow faster than
the digital universe itself from less than 33% to more than 40%
in 2020.
• As much a 33% of the digital universe will contain information
that might be valuable if analyzed, compared with 25% today.
http://italy.emc.com/leadership/digital-universe/iview/executive-summary-a-universe-of.htm
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Dual Approach to Digital Curation Education
is Needed
Digital Curation Education and Training for Digital
Curation Professionals
Digital Curation Competences infused in SLIS
courses for everyone else
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Three Components of a Strong DC Curriculum
1. Coursework
2. Practice-based internships
3. Solid Technology Infrastructure
Yakel, Conway, Hedstrom, and Wallace (2011)
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Phases of the Digital Curation Lifecycle Used in the
DC / SLIS course map
1. Conceptualize
2. Create or Receive
3. Appraise & Select
4. Ingest
5. Preservation Action
6. Store
7. Access Use & Reuse
8. Transform
9. Preservation Planning
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Technology Infrastructure
•Blackboard IM
•Blackboard Collaborate
•Desire2Learn LMS
•Desire2Learn E-Portfolio
•Gmail
•King Library Online Resources
•Microsoft Office
•MySJSU (student management
system)
•SPSS software
•OCLC
•ProQuest
•Refworks
•Web of Knowledge
•Westlaw
Software used by all students
• CALI
• Dialog
• Factiva
• Gale
• LexisNexis
• LibGuides
• NoveList
Databases used by students
enrolled in specific courses
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Additional Software used in Specific Courses
• Skitch (optional) – annotate images
• Balsamiq (optional) – layout
• Inmagic® Presto for DB/Textworks - web
publishing
• DB/Textworks – soon to be WebData Pro
(creates relational web databases)
• Oracle DBMS
• Rapid Miner (Open source) – data
mining
• CONTENTdm (digital collection mgmt)
• PhotoShop (image manipulation)
• GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation)
• GoodleDocs
• WordPress, Blogger or Blogspot
• Weebly (website or blog)
• Jing (screen capture and recordings)
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• Screen capture
software
• Camera
• Scanner
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Conclusion
Infusing digital curation core competencies into the
SLIS curriculum will expand the number of
professionals prepared to perform digital curation
activities in order to protect, add value to, and
preserve our digital assets.
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Not in the paper… but in case you’re wondering
1. SLIS is planning for the addition of several new
courses in digital curation and developing guidance
for MLIS students in the form of a Digital Curation
career pathway.
2. The new courses will also be available to students
pursuing a Post-Master’s Certificate in DARM and to
those pursuing a master’s degree in Archives and
Records Administration (MARA).
3. SLIS is exploring the development of a SLIS Virtual
Digital Technologies lab.
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Questions / Contact Info
Patricia C. Franks, PhD, CRM
patricia.franks@sjsu.edu
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Editor's Notes
She engaged in 2 different internships: 1) Fall 2010 for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in the 1940s and 1950s. 2) 7-month internship at the NASA Ames Research Center Because of this last experience, she secured a job as a NASA Archivist.
Matt will graduate May 2013, and he has been accepted into a PhD program at Capella University and will begin his studies in fall 2013. His focus: organization and management with an information technology focus.