Walters, Tyler2012-06-212012-06-212012-06-13Walters, T. (2012, June). Foundations of digital curation. Keynote presented at the Digital Directions Conference of the Northeast Document Conservation Center, Boston, MA.http://hdl.handle.net/10919/18723This track-opening presentation looks at the evolution of digital curation as an approach and perspective on cultural institutions’ value-added services in information management. In particular, the presenter comments on digital curation’s antecedents, related definitions, and why institutions should engage in digital curation. After a high-level review of the stages articulated in the Digital Curation Centre’s Lifecycle Model, Walters delves into institutional roles, responsibilities, and job models to carry out curation, and the multi-institutional collaborative strategies he posits are necessary to achieve large-scale digital curation.25 pagesen-USIn Copyrightdigital curationdigital preservationlibrary and information sciencecyberinfrastructurePresentation