Digital Curation Centre
The over-riding purpose of the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is to support and promote continuing improvement in the quality of data curation and of associated digital preservation.
The DCC is a consortium of four partner institutions: the University of Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow, the University of Bath and the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research CouncilsRecent Submissions
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Preservation and Curation in Institutional Repositories
(University of Edinburgh; UKOLN, University of Bath; HATII, University of Glasgow; Science and Technology Facilities Council, 2009-02-27)Institutional repositories were originally intended as a way of giving immediate and wide access to research papers. They are increasingly taking on a role as curators of institutional digital output, requiring the ... -
Roles and Reusability of Video Data in Social Studies of Interaction. SCARP Case Study No. 5
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009-07)This case study has been produced for the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) SCARP project, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to investigate disciplinary attitudes and approaches to data deposit. The ... -
Curating Brain Images in a Psychiatric Research Group: SCARP Case Study No.1 Summary and Recommendations
(Digital Curation Centre, 2008)Curating neuroimaging research data for sharing and re-use involves practical challenges for those concerned in its use and preservation. These are exemplified in a case study of the Neuroimaging Group in the University ... -
Curating Brain Images in a Psychiatric Research Group: Infrastructure and Preservation Issues SCARP Case Study No. 1
(Digital Curation Centre, 2008-11-11)Curating neuroimaging research data for sharing and re-use involves practical challenges for those concerned in its use and preservation. These are exemplified in a case study of the Neuroimaging Group in the University ... -
Neuroimaging Data Landscapes: Annex to SCARP Case Study 1
(Digital Curation Centre, 2008-11-11)This is the Annex to Case Study No. 1 of the Digital Curation Centre’s SCARP Project titled ‘Curating Brain Images in a Psychiatric Research Group: Infrastructure and Preservation Issues’ (SCARP Deliverable number ... -
DCC Methodology for Designing and Evaluating Curation and Preservation Experiments V1.1
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009)The purpose of this document is to describe a Digital Curation Centre (DCC) testbed methodology which will serve as a workflow framework for designing experiments to validate the effectiveness of curation and preservation ... -
DCC Digital Curation Manual: Instalment on Archiving Web Resources
(HATII, University of Glasgow; University of Edinburgh; UKOLN, University of Bath; Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils., 2008-11-10)Material on the Internet is transitory, fragile and ephemeral. Web archiving represents a systematic attempt to bring stability to the information found in websites. -
Summary of UK research funders’ expectations for the content of data management and sharing plans
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009)A summary of UK research funders’ expectations for the content of data management and sharing plans -
A practical guide to implementing the DCC testbed methodology
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009)The Digital Curation Centre is committed to advancing knowledge in digital preservation. As digital preservation is a young discipline many of its methods are untested. The testbed methodology developed by DCC researchers ... -
DCC Briefing Paper: Digital repositories
(Digital Curation Centre, 2006-04-04)Digital Repositories offer a convenient infrastructure through which to store, manage, re-use and curate digital materials. They are used by a variety of communities, may carry out many different functions, and can take ... -
A report on the range of policies required for and related to digital curation
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009-03-30)This report investigates policy requirements related to digital curation, for example in the form of Research Council mandates, and current provision within higher education institutions to meet these. Recommendations ... -
Clinical Data from Home to Health Centre: the Telehealth Curation Lifecycle
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009-06-12)This case study has been produced for the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) SCARP project, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to investigate disciplinary attitudes and approaches to data deposit. The ... -
Curation of research data in the disciplines of Engineering
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009-10-30)Case Study produced by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) SCARP project, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). -
DCC Briefing Paper: Persistent Identifiers
(Digital Curation Centre, 2006-10)The persistent identification of digital resources can play a vital role in enabling their accessibility and re-usability over time. However, progress in defining the nature and functional requirements for identifier systems ... -
DCC Briefing Paper: Genre classification
(Digital Curation Centre, 2008-07-06)Genre classification is the process of grouping objects together based on defined similarities such as subject, format, style, or purpose. Genre classification as a means of managing information is already established ... -
DCC Briefing Paper: Annotation
(Digital Curation Centre, 2008-09-02)The DCC has assembled a group of briefing papers that together form an introduction to curation. These concise overviews are designed to help grow your basic understanding of key curation issues by providing a high-level ... -
DCC Briefing Paper: Data accreditation
(Digital Curation Centre, 2010)The purpose of checking data quality and accreditation processes is to audit data outputs against clear, pre-defined criteria. It allows organisations to demonstrate that they are meeting and maintaining quality standards ... -
Data dimensions: disciplinary differences in research data sharing, reuse and long term viability
(Digital Curation Centre, 2010-01)This synthesis report has been produced for the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) SCARP project, funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to investigate disciplinary attitudes and approaches to data deposit. -
DCC Briefing Paper: Interoperability
(Digital Curation Centre, 2009-02-04)Interoperability is the transfer and use of information in a uniform and efficient manner across multiple organisations and IT systems. Its purpose is to create a shared understanding of data. Data exchange requires the ... -
DCC Briefing Paper: What is digital curation?
(Digital Curation Centre, 2008-04-02)There is an ever-increasing amount of data being created in digital formats, through the digitisation of existing analogue information and the creation of new 'born-digital' data from the sciences, arts, and humanities ...
