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Digital Curation for GLAMP Professionals - Stewardship in the Age of AI
The course explores the concepts (including the DCC Curation Lifecycle model) and frameworks (for example IIIF, metadata standards, publishing tools, and strategies) that support public access, aggregation, and reuse of digital collections in an environment increasingly shaped by automation, data reuse, and artificial intelligence.
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About the Course
The course examines:
- Evolving practices around metadata standards, rights, licensing and aggregation.
- Ethical stewardship - with particular attention to why description, access, and trust in cultural heritage information are more important than ever.
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for GLAMP professionals, as well as students in the cultural heritage sector.
It is particularly well-suited for:
- Collections managers, registrars, archivists, and librarians
- Curators, digital collections staff, and metadata specialists
- Digital scholarship, digital humanities, and public engagement practitioners
- Professionals responsible for publishing, sharing, and sustaining digital collections
No technical background in AI is required. The course emphasizes understanding foundational digital curation concepts, frameworks, standards, and strategies that are necessary to support practical decision-making, governance, and stewardship of digital collections.
The Course Comprises
- Four 70-minute sessions exploring practices around metadata standards, rights, licensing and aggregation
- Sessions are available online in self paced modules
- Teaching by leading expert Alex Kron
Pricing
Fees for the 4 part course in US Dollars: $299. Click here to register
Fees for the 4 part course in Pound Sterling: £235 +VAT. Click here to register
Schedule
Session 1: Foundations for Modern Digital Stewardship
Session 2: Access, Reuse, and the Future of Digital Publishing
Session 3: Building Trustworthy Metadata for Digital Collections
Session 4: Strategy, Ethics & A Sustainable Future
You can view the full series summary here.
Course Leader
Alex Kron
With over 15 years of experience and education in information and project management inside and outside of the cultural heritage field, Alex specializes in the research and evaluation of cultural technology solutions and best practices including digital asset management, digital preservation, and collection management. Her current work involves building community engagement through facilitating meaningful conversations around cultural heritage technologies and field-wide needs.
Alex’s career began in 2007 with a focus on project administration for commercial businesses followed by work with a federal contractor for the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Her journey into the arts and culture field began with a passion for art history and took hold through volunteer work at local museums. While living abroad in Okinawa, Japan Alex pursued her master’s in museum studies and digital curation.
After completing her graduate studies, Alex served as the Curator of Collections at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum, working in collection management, digitization, exhibition development, and digital asset management. She then used those skills to guide and support a variety of arts and culture organizations in diverse projects as Balboa Park Online Collaborative’s Digital Operations and Collections Information Analyst. Alex currently works for Terentia as their Community Engagement and Business Development Manager and teaches a Digital Preservation course for Johns Hopkins University’s Museum Studies program.
Alex earned her BA in Art History from California State University, Fullerton, and her MA in Museum Studies and Digital Curation from Johns Hopkins University. She is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute.