Extending Data Curation to the Humanities: Curiculum Development and Recruiting

Renear, Allen H.; Palmer, Carole L.; Unsworth, John

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Title

Extending Data Curation to the Humanities: Curiculum Development and Recruiting

Author(s)

• Renear, Allen H.
• Palmer, Carole L.
• Unsworth, John

Contributor(s)

• Senseney, Megan F.
• Clark, Ashley

Issue Date

2013-03-17

Keyword(s)

• data curation
• data curation education
• humanities data curation

Abstract

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign expanded its Data Curation Education Program (DCEP) 1, a specialization within the ALA-accredited master’s program, to include humanities data. This project (DCEP-H, located at the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS), developed curricular content, recruited humanities-oriented students, supported exemplary and underrepresented scholars with fellowships, managed internship placements, organized a summer institute for in-service professionals, created an online community-based guide to resources, conducted needs assessment, and held a humanities data curation summit. The GSLIS Data Curation Education Program now focuses equally on humanities data and includes as many humanities-oriented students as science-oriented students. The project also brought data curation education to the attention of key audiences: the LIS, data curation, and digital humanities communities, and led to educational and research initiatives.

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text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

IMLS RE-05-08-0062-08

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