Preliminary discussion on a digital curation framework for learning repositories

Abstract

Learning Object Repositories have met significant development during the last few years. Researchers have extensively discussed the concept of learning objects and their accompanying metadata. Metadata in specific, were introduced and developed by the community of librarians for cataloguing purposes. From the same background, digital curation has emerged as a field of research directly linked to the needs of preserving large datasets over time and platforms. This paper links digital curation with learning objects and mostly discusses the process of digital curation whereas at the same time, attempts to identify possible research directions for digital curation in LORs.