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
Topics
 Rationale
 Digital Curation Competencies
 Component #1: Curriculum
 Component #2: Internships
 Component #3: Technology Infrastructure
 Conclusion
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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-universeof.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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Operational Competencies & SLIS Courses
Tammaro, Casarosa, and Madrid (2012)
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Managerial Competencies & SLIS Courses
Tammaro, Casarosa, and Madrid (2012)
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Phases of the Digital Curation Lifecycle Used in the
DC / SLIS course map
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Conceptualize
Create or Receive
Appraise & Select
Ingest
Preservation Action
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6.
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Store
Access Use & Reuse
Transform
Preservation Planning
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Place-based Internship Experiences
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Virtual Internship Experiences
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Capstone Course – LIBR 289 – E-Portfolio
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Capstone Course – LIBR 289 – E-Portfolio
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Technology Infrastructure
Software used by all students
•Blackboard IM
•Blackboard Collaborate
•Desire2Learn LMS
•Desire2Learn E-Portfolio
•Gmail
•King Library Online Resources
•Microsoft Office
•MySJSU (student management
system)
•SPSS software
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Databases used by students
enrolled in specific courses
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CALI
Dialog
Factiva
Gale
LexisNexis
LibGuides
NoveList
•OCLC
•ProQuest
•Refworks
•Web of Knowledge
•Westlaw
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
Student Matt
Carmichael
Develops and
Shares Digital
Curation
Strategies
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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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