Digital Curation Centre

UK organization that addresses challenges of digital preservation and digital curation; part of Jisc
Organization organization Q5275828
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Digital Curation Centre

Summary

Digital Curation Centre is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Digital Curation Centre's field of work was digital preservation[3].
  • Digital Curation Centre's field of work was information technology[4].
  • Digital Curation Centre's field of work was research data management[5].
  • Digital Curation Centre was a member of Digital Preservation Coalition[6].
  • Digital Curation Centre was a member of Confederation of Open Access Repositories[7].
  • Digital Curation Centre was a member of DataCite[8].
  • Digital Curation Centre was a member of Research Data Alliance[9].
  • Digital Curation Centre is in the country of United Kingdom[10].
  • Digital Curation Centre's instance of is recorded as organization[11].
  • Digital Curation Centre's headquarters location is recorded as University of Edinburgh[12].
  • March 1, 2004 marks the founding of Digital Curation Centre[13].
  • Digital Curation Centre's official website is recorded as http://www.dcc.ac.uk[14].
  • Digital Curation Centre's director / manager is recorded as Kevin Ashley[15].
  • Digital Curation Centre's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[16].
  • Digital Curation Centre's motto text is recorded as because good research needs good data[17].
  • Digital Curation Centre's official blog URL is recorded as http://www.dcc.ac.uk/blog[18].
  • Digital Curation Centre's short name is recorded as DCC[19].
  • Digital Curation Centre's interested in is recorded as digital preservation[20].
  • Digital Curation Centre's language used is recorded as English[21].
  • Digital Curation Centre's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+5752'}[22].
  • Digital Curation Centre's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+5596'}[23].

Body

Founding

March 1, 2004 marks the founding of Digital Curation Centre[13].

Identity

Digital Curation Centre's short name is recorded as DCC[19].

Leadership

Digital Curation Centre's director / manager is recorded as Kevin Ashley[15].

Operations

Digital Curation Centre's headquarters location is recorded as University of Edinburgh[12].

Industry

Fields of work include digital preservation[3], an academic discipline[24]; information technology[4], a branch of science[25]; and research data management[5].

Why It Matters

Digital Curation Centre ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . dpconline.org. Retrieved . dpconline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . rd-alliance.org. Retrieved . rd-alliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official blog url http://www.dcc.ac.uk/blog
    Viaf cluster id 129213137
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    Country United Kingdom
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