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A Study of Digital Curator Competencies – A Delphi Study

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The aim of this research was to define competencies for digital curators, and to validate them through a Delphi process in the context of Library, Archives, Museum curriculum development. The objective for the study was to obtain consensus regarding competence statements for Library, Archives and Museum digital curators.

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Tammaro, A.M., Madrid, M. (2013). A Study of Digital Curator Competencies – A Delphi Study. In: Aalberg, T., Papatheodorou, C., Dobreva, M., Tsakonas, G., Farrugia, C.J. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. TPDL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8092. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40501-3_36

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