The Digital Curation Unit

dcu_logo-img

The mission of the Digital Curation Unit (DCU), established in 2007, is to conduct research, develop technologies and applications, provide services and training, and act as a national focus point in the field of digital curation.

Events

Latest news

17-10-2023

4CH project users' needs survey

4CH-User-needs-survey

Help 4CH project to identify users’ needs. Take part in the survey by 29 October 2023.

02-06-2023

"The 'Digital Landscape in Greece' Web Survey" poster presentation in DARIAH Annual Event 2023

DigitalLandscape-Poster-DARIAH2023

The Digital Landscape project, coordinated by Digital Curation Unit, participates in the DARIAH 2023 Annual Meeting, Budapest, 6-9 June, with the poster presentation “The ‘Digital Landscape in Greece’ Web Survey”.

02-06-2023

Poster "Working with Flow: Workflows for Accessing 4CH Services" in DARIAH Annual Event 2023

4CH-poster-DARIAH-AE-2023

The abstract model that represents the general workflow for accessing the 4CH Competence Centre services will be presented by our partners Vicky Dritsou and Panos Constantopoulos, along with Achille Felicetti (PIN, Università degli Studi di Firenze), in the DARIAH 2023 Annual Event, Budapest, 6-9 June.

01-01-1970

TRANS-Lighthouses

TRANS-Lighthouses

TRANS-Lighthouses is an EU-funded project that aims to gather evidence on material and immaterial results of Nature Based Solutions (NBS) in order to rethink and reframe the main elements that compose the complexity of creating social and ecologically just NBS.

05-05-2023

4CH Interviews

4CH_Interviews_banner

Watch the interviews of 4CH partners and stakeholders on topics related to Cultural Heritage and the Competence Centre.

01-02-2023

UNESCO Chair on Digital Methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences at AUEB

unitwin_chair_blue_eng

Athens University of Economics and Business has announced a new UNESCO Chair in Digital Methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The aim of the Chair is to promote the digital transformation of work practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences, through international collaborations under the auspices of UNESCO.

DCU is undertaking research and development projects, in collaboration with research, governmental and private sector organizations, relevant to the broader field of digital curation.

  • DigitalLandscape_1080x810
    (Ελληνικά) Εμβληματική δράση ΕΛΙΔΕΚ "Ψηφιακό Τοπίο"
  • Digital_Curation_Services_banner
    Digital Curation Services

    The project Digital Curation Services supports the advancement of research and development efforts according to DCU’s research directions and work programme.

  • 4CHproject_510x384
    4CH - Competence Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
  • TRANS-Lighthouses
    TRANS-Lighthouses

Tools and Systems

MORe Aggregator

MORe Aggregator

The Metadata & Object Repository (MoRe) is an easy and powerful tool to aggregate information. Harvest metadata from multiple sources in multiple schemas. Validate, clean and normalize large amounts of content. Transform into a common schema and publish to multiple targets.

Mopseus Digital Library

Mopseus Digital Library

The Mopseus digital library is a flexible and powerful digital library. Design and use any metadata schema, define taxonomies and integrate them with cataloguing.

Latest Publications

112 entries « 1 of 38 »
The Greek Landscape of Digital Humanities Initiatives.
Dritsou, Vicky
Presentation at Fiesole Retreat 2022, Athens, April 5 , 2022.
Aggregation and Curation of Historical Archive Information.
Constantopoulos, Panos; Dritsou, Vicky; Ilvanidou, Maria; Chroni, Alexandra
In: Karagiannis, Dimitris; Lee, Moonkun; Hinkelmann, Knut; Utz, Wilfrid (Ed.): Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling, Chapter 23, Pages: 523-540, Springer, 2022, ISBN: 978-3-030-93546-7.
DH Goes Viral.
Barker, Elton; Benardou, Agiatis; Giorgio, Sara Di; Dritsou, Vicky; Dombrowski, Quinn; Felicetti, Achille; Gardikas, Katerina; Garnett, Vicky; Ilvanidou, Maria; Irollo, Alba; Floch, Justine Le; Meghini, Carlo; Mikros, George; Papaki, Eliza; Richardson, Lorna; Schreibman, Susan; Terras, Melissa; Tsakonas, Giannis
2021, ISBN: 978-618-85875-0-2.
112 entries « 1 of 38 »

Education

Training on digital curation practices as well as on specific tools and systems is an important aspect of the Digital Curation Unit’s activities. The Digital Curation Unit, as a training provider, often undertakes educational programs either in the context of a project or by assignment.

This section features the training programs, seminars, summer schools and all other educational activities that the DCU has undertaken in the past or is planning for the immediate future.

preloader