This is the second edition of Digital curation by Ross Harvey, originally published in 2010. Gillian Oliver has substantially revised the text, updating comprehensively this well-known high-level teaching and reference guide. Oliver has widened the scope of the original to cover continuing developments in technological approaches and strategies and demystifies many of the activities that comprise this rapidly developing field.
Digital curation outlines the concepts and techniques needed to preserve the longevity of digital resources in the field, and is essential reading for information professionals, particularly those working in records management or archives, or those who appraise, select, organise or maintain digital resources. A particular strength of this edition is the emphasis Oliver and Harvey have placed on conceptual modelling as an essential step in both understanding and practicing digital curation. Harvey’s original text was written in straightforward and non-technical language, not assuming the reader has a high level of technical knowledge. The second edition is similarly targeted.
The key topics covered in this second edition include: the scope and incentives of digital curation, detailing the lifecycle model of the Digital Curation Centre as well as the Date Curation Continuum; key requirements for digital curation including description, to planning and to collaboration; the value and the utility of metadata; the creation of an appraisal and selection policy for digital objects, considering the needs of both producers and consumers; the paradigmatic institutional movement towards cloud computing, and considerations of the key aspects of digital curation including cost and storage; the quality of data, and the security of data; new and emerging resources such as innovative digital repository software and digital forensics tools; ways of both sharing and reusing data; new sections on open access, open data and initiatives such as open standards; processes to ensure that data are preserved and that they remain usable over time.
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