Digital Curation Centre

Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
Formation2005; 19 years ago (2005)[1]
PurposeDigital curation
HeadquartersEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parent organization
Jisc
Websitehttp://www.dcc.ac.uk

The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) was established to help solve the extensive challenges of digital preservation and digital curation and to lead research, development, advice, and support services for higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.[1]

Throughout its history the DCC has been an active organisation in the realm of digital preservation. In partnership with other institutions, the DCC has created and developed tools for tackling issues in digital preservation and curation. Such tools include a lifecycle model for data curation,[2] a risk assessment for digital repositories,[3][4] and an interview protocol to assist institutions in understanding their research data collections.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b Rusbridge, C.; Buneman, P.; Burnhill, P.; Giaretta, D.; Ross, S.; Lyon, L.; Atkinson, M. (2005). "The Digital Curation Centre: A Vision for Digital Curation". 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Mass Storage Systems and Technology (PDF). p. 31. doi:10.1109/LGDI.2005.1612461. ISBN 0-7803-9228-0. S2CID 20810596. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ Oliver, G., & Harvey, D. R. (2016). Digital curation (2nd ed.). Neal-Schuman.
  3. ^ Brown, A. (2013). Practical digital preservation: A how-to guide for organizations of any size. Facet Publishing.
  4. ^ Bermès, E. (2007). Risk management and digital repositories: The case of DRAMBORA. International Preservation News, (41), 8.
  5. ^ Ogier, A., Hall, M., Bailey, A., & Stovall, C. (2014). Data management inside the library: Assessing electronic resources data using the Data Asset Framework methodology. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 26(2), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/1941126X.2014.910406
  6. ^ Jones, S., Ross, S., Ruusalepp, R., & Dobreva-McPherson, M. (2009). Data Audit Framework Methodology. HATII, University of Glasgow. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3389.0969