University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science)

If cultural heritage, science, commerce, health, education, and government sectors are to have long-term access and re-use of meaningful and authentic digital resources, graduate education programs must produce Ph.D.-level faculty who can be researchers and teachers in this field. Building upon an earlier funded project, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, partnering with the National Archives and Records Administration and the University of Glasgow, will develop an international, doctoral-level curriculum and educational network in digital curation (the management and preservation of digital materials across their life cycle). The project will prepare future faculty to perform research and teach in this area, as well as provide summer institutes for cultural heritage information professionals already working in this arena.