Convergence of digital preservation practices with digital repositories management practices for the Research Output and Cultural heritage

Abstract

Managing and curation of digital assets are roles attached with libraries in their continuous pursuit of expanding their mission into the digital collections’ realm. The growth in numbers and variety urged the librarians to take a deep look into digital curation practices, and techniques in order to preserve their ever-growing digital repositories. An investigation into how this happens from the perspective of European and world practice is the target of this paper. Considerate attention is given to the new roles and the required skills these mutations are demanding from the libraries’ specialized personnel. The practices are slowly drifting towards a more integrative perspective where one information specialist sits at the intersection of digital curation and archival practices with daily practices.