Curate, Archive, Manage, Preserve iCAMP Curate, Archive, Manage, Preserve http://icamp.unt.edu William E. Moen Associate Dean for Research College of Information University of North Texas

Project basics 3-year capacity building project 9.1.2011 through 8.31.2014 Librarians for 21st Century Grant Collaboration between College of Information Texas Center for Digital Knowledge Dept. of Library and Information Sciences UNT Libraries

iCAMP goal Build capacity in UNT’s LIS curriculum to increase the number of appropriately trained information professionals and disciplinary researchers and scholars for digital curation and data management responsibilities.

iCAMP objectives Develop four courses (web-based) in digital duration and data management Deploy a robust technical infrastructure to support student learning, practical engagement, and training Implement a virtual teaching environment for students’ active experimentation and discovery learning

iCAMP primary groups Graduate students majoring in Information Science Post-masters information professionals retraining for digital curation jobs Discipline-specific graduate students who may be responsible for managing data

iCAMP outcomes Increase in students’ preparedness by enhancing practical training Positive change in discipline-specific graduate students’ knowledge and perceptions Positive effects on distributed, online LIS education Improved LIS faculty and UNT librarian’s abilities and attitudes for collaboration in LIS education Increase students’ preparedness (i.e., knowledge and skills) by enhancing the practical training and engagement with real-world digital curation and data management problems. Positively change discipline-specific graduate students’ knowledge and perception of the roles of academic libraries as collaborators with scientists and scholars in digital curation, data management, and cyberscholarship. Positively affect distributed, online LIS education through the Virtual Teaching Environment infrastructure experience. Improve LIS faculty and UNT librarian’s abilities and attitudes for collaboration in LIS education to serve as a model for such collaboration.

iCAMP driving question In the context of distributed learning and web-based courses, how can LIS education be changed and enhanced to incorporate extensive training and practical experience to result in well-prepared information professionals, scientists, and scholars to take on the challenges and problems of digital curation, data management, and digital preservation?

iCAMP competencies Competency (working definition): iCAMP Competency: A cluster of applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes that can be improved with training and professional development, affect the job, and correlate with performance on the job; Measurable against set standards iCAMP Competency: Knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes to carry out a wide range of professional functions in support of digital curation and data management responsibilities.

iCAMP competency groups Communication & Interpersonal Curating and Preserving Content Curation Technologies Environmental Scanning Management, Planning, and Evaluation Services Systems, Models, and Modeling We have organized the competencies into seven groups. Each group competency has a definition. For example: 5. Curating and Preserving Content Competency Group Definition/Statement:This competency addresses the knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes required to understand and carry out a range of activities as defined in the digital information lifecycle model including the creation, acquisition, management, representation, access, organization, transformation, and preservation of digital content. Then we identify a set of specific competencies. For example. Curating/Preserving Content Specific Competencies 5.1. Manage both digitized and born digital content 5.2. Manage a variety of content in different mediums, formats, and levels of aggregation. Then we have a set of Potential Performance Statements [Behavior] that will be linked to student learning outcomes and our assessment methods.

iCAMP curriculum development

iCAMP courses Digital Curation and Data Management Fundamentals Tools, Applications, and Infrastructure for Digital Curation Managing and Preserving Digital Data and Information Digital Curation and Data Management Seminar

iCAMP technology Traditional learning management system Virtual lab Blackboard learn Virtual lab Drupal Islandora Fedora platform Sandbox UNT Libraries technology environment

iCAMP project staff http://icamp.unt.edu Principal Investigators William E. Moen, College of Information Jeonghyun Kim, College of Information Martin Halbert, UNT Libraries Professional Staff Ana Krahmer, UNT Libraries Mark Phillips, UNT Libraries Cliff Whitworth, College of Information Graduate Research Assistants Joseph Helsing, Computer Science and Engineering Edward Warga, Library and Information Sciences http://icamp.unt.edu