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Preparing the workforce for digital curation / National Academies. Committee on the Future Career Opportunities and Educational Requirements for Digital Curation ; National Research Council. Board on Research Data and Information.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Academies (U.S.). Committee on the Future Career Opportunities and Educational Requirements for Digital Curation, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Digital preservation--Study and teaching--United States.
- Digital preservation.
- Digital libraries--Study and teaching--United States.
- Digital libraries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (104 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- "The massive increase in digital information in the last decade has created new requirements for institutional and technological structures and workforce skills. Preparing the Workforce for Digital Curation focuses on education and training needs to meet the demands for access to and meaningful use of digital information, now and in the future. This study identifies the various practices and spectrum of skill sets that comprise digital curation, looking in particular at human versus automated tasks. Additionally, the report examines the possible career path demands and options for professionals working in digital curation activities, and analyzes the economic benefits and societal importance of digital curation for competitiveness, innovation, and scientific advancement. Preparing the Workforce for Digital Curation considers the evolving roles and models of digital curation functions in research organizations, and their effects on employment opportunities and requirements. The recommendations of this report will help to advance digital curation and meet the demand for a trained workforce"--Page 1.
- Contents:
- Front matter; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; SUMMARY; Chapter 1 New Imperatives in Digital Curation and Its Workforce; Chapter 2 The Current State of Digital Curation; Chapter 3 Current and Future Demand for a Digital Curation Workforce; Chapter 4 Preparing and Sustaining a Workforce for Digital Curation; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 22, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9780309296977
- 0309296978
- 9780309296953
- 0309296951
- OCLC:
- 908171842
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