...Muhammad Zareef; Munazza Jabeen Purpose Digital curation is a relatively new field that has acquired a lot of attention in recent years. This new area needs a wide range of resources to develop technological infrastructure, train librarians to overcome challenges and develop policies regarding...

... management approaches for data and knowledge sharing in an academic environment. Discourse on IRs and digital curation emerged in the late 1990s in the wake of realizations that the instability of digital media and the rapid turnover in hardware and software technologies would eventually render born...

... specialists outside of the IT field. Robert Fox can be contacted at: rfox2@nd.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Data management Data sets Digital curation The city of Alexandria, Egypt has one of the most interesting histories in the world. Originally founded by Alexander...

... of study in one area can be combined with the breadth of knowledge gained through cross‐disciplinary consultation. Robert Fox can be contacted at: rfox2@nd.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Research Digital services Digital curation Repository services Digital libraries...