What is digital curation and why should we care?

Speaker: Professor Alyce Scott, San José State University
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern

Are you curious about digital curation? Are you interested in learning what it is and how we curate digital collections? This event will present an overview of the INFO 284 course “Tools, Services, and Methodologies for Digital Curation.”

Session Link: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2011274&password=D.1B17CB9B6A74D50271A0A9B935AC84

About the speaker: Alyce Scott is a lecturer at the School of Information, San José State University. Ms. Scott has an M.L.I.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has worked in a variety of library settings, including developing an electronic reserves program for Brookens Library at the University of Illinois Springfield. Most recently serving as the Coordinator of the Digital Imaging Program at the Illinois State Library(ISL). At the Illinois State Library Ms. Scott was part of the team that developed the Illinois Digital Archives; oversaw the digitization of materials from the ISL collection, including copyright compliance; reviewed and monitored Library Services and Technology Act digital imaging grants awarded annually by ISL; and provided state-wide training in the use of CONTENTdm software for digital collections.


Individuals requiring real-time captioning or other accommodations should contact Dr. Sue Alman as soon as possible.

The session will be recorded and available at: https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2011274&suid=D.211680978926B4F8A75C4DEA795C64

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