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What is digital curation?
What is digital curation?
- The process of preserving and providing access to digital information only
- The process of organizing and describing digital information only
- The process of managing and preserving physical information over time
- The process of collecting, organizing, describing, preserving, and providing access to digital information (correct)
Why is digital curation important?
Why is digital curation important?
- It ensures that physical information is preserved for future generations
- It ensures that digital information is inaccessible for future generations
- It ensures that digital information is accessible and usable for future generations (correct)
- It ensures that digital information is not usable for future generations
What are some solutions to the challenges of digital curation mentioned in the text?
What are some solutions to the challenges of digital curation mentioned in the text?
- Ignoring standards and best practices, and avoiding partnerships
- Decreasing awareness and avoiding research and development
- Reducing awareness and not investing in research and development
- Investing in research and development, and building partnerships (correct)
Which factors pose challenges to effective digital curation as per the text?
Which factors pose challenges to effective digital curation as per the text?
What are some characteristics of data that require active management as mentioned in the text?
What are some characteristics of data that require active management as mentioned in the text?