(Source: Steps in the Data Life Cycle)

Digital Scholarship has released Version 7 of the Research Data Curation Bibliography.

This selective bibliography includes over 620 English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions.

The "digital curation" concept is still evolving. In "Digital Curation and Trusted Repositories: Steps toward Success," Christopher A. Lee and Helen R. Tibbo define digital curation as follows:

"Digital curation involves selection and appraisal by creators and archivists; evolving provision of intellectual access; redundant storage; data transformations; and, for some materials, a commitment to long-term preservation. Digital curation is stewardship that provides for the reproducibility and re-use of authentic digital data and other digital assets. Development of trustworthy and durable digital repositories; principles of sound metadata creation and capture; use of open standards for file formats and data encoding; and the promotion of information management literacy are all essential to the longevity of digital resources and the success of curation efforts".

 #  DCC Curation Reference Manual

 #  DCC Curation Lifecycle Model

The Research Data Curation Bibliography covers topics such as:

• research data creation,
• acquisition,
• metadata,
• provenance,
• repositories,
• management,
• policies,
• support services,
• funding agency requirements,
• peer review,
• publication,
• citation,
• sharing,
• reuse, and
• preservation.

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Source: Research Data Curation Bibliography (VERSION 7: 01/24/2017)