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DigCurV Newsletter Issue 1 - October 2011
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October 2011 - Issue 1
Welcome to the first issue of the DigCurV eNewsletter! This is one
of the ways in which the project is reaching out to people working
in the library, museum, archive and cultural activities sector with an
interest or involvement in digital curation, digital preservation and
training. The purpose of this newsletter is to share news and
information about the project's activities, about the sector, as well
as events and developments in digital curation from the members
of our network and related projects. In this first issue you will find
Digital an update on the project, features on Vilnius University Library and
Preservation Biblioteca Nationale Marciana, and how you might join the DigCurV
Pioneer: network. You can also find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Slideshare
Maurizio and Twitter. Enjoy!
Messina
An Interview with Maurizio
Messina
Biblioteca Nationale
Marciana, Italy
By Chiara Cirinna
Maurizio Messina holds a
degree in Political Sciences
and a postgraduate diploma
in Librarianship and
Bibliography. Since 1985,
Messina has been working
for the Ministry for Heritage DigCurV: The
and Cultural Activities with
First Six Events: Now &
responsibility for Information
Services at the National
Months Next
Marciana Library in Venice; By Kate Fernie Laura Molloy (HATII) and
he is now Deputy Director of DigCurV is a thirty-month William Kilbride (DPC) report
the Library. Read More
project that began on 1 on the JISC International
January 2011 with funding Curation Education (ICE)
from the European Forum, Helen Tibbo and
Commissions' Lifelong Angela Murillo (UNC) discuss
Learning Programme under past and upcoming
the Leonardo da Vinci sub- professional workshops at
programme. Our project is a The University of North
response to the growth in Carolina at Chapel Hill,
digital collections requiring Claudia Engelhardt (UGOE)
long-term preservation by shares information about the
cultural institutions which is upcoming nestor/DigCurV
Spotlight on resulting in demand for new Winter School, and Katie
DigCurV skills and also in the McCadden (TCD) highlights
Partner emergence of new jobs for the bi-annual DISH2011
digital curators. Read More conference in December.
Vilniaus Universiteto
Biblioteka (VUL), Lithuania
By Vilma Karvelyte, Nijole
Klingaite & Jurate Kupriene
(VUL)
Vilnius University Library
(VUL) has a community of
over 26,000 readers and
holdings of over five million Join the
items dating from the 13th DigCurV If you have some news on
century to today. Its mission Network training and continuing
is to participate in the
creation of an information By Katie McCadden professional development
society, facilitate the DigCurV is building a network in digital curation that you
university community in using of people and organisations would like to share in our
information resources, and with an interest and next issue, please contact
accumulate, preserve and
involvement in training in info@digcur-education.org.
make publically accessible
digital curation/preservation,
documentary heritage. Read
More particularly in culture sector To learn more about the
organisations who are willing project, visit www.digcur-
to share and exchange education.org.
information as work on the
project progresses. Read
DigCurV is funded by the
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European Commission's
Lifelong Learning Leonardo
da Vinci programme.
Copyright © 2011 DigCurv. All rights reserved. This project has
been funded with support from the European Commission.