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Archival ScienceInternational Journal on Recorded InformationEditors-in-Chief: K. Anderson; E. Ketelaar; G. Oliver; E. YakelISSN: 1389-0166 (print version)ISSN: 1573-7519 (electronic version)Journal no. 10502&#160;&#160;Digital curation involves the selection, maintenance, dissemination, preservation and adding value to digital assets. Examples of these activities include the development of repositories for digital resources, the creation and/or selection of digital assets; creation and management of metadata; file format identification and management, and provision for dissemination and access to digital assets.  Digital curation is a multi-disciplinary area, which has the potential to yield much of relevance to the archival community.Accordingly, a special issue of Archival Science will be devoted to the theme of “Digital Curation”, guest edited by Wendy Duff, Faculty of Information, University of Torontowendy.duff@utoronto.ca and Milena Dobreva, Library, Information and Archives Sciences Department, Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences, University of Malta,milena.dobreva@um.edu.mt. Questions about the special issue can be direct to Drs. Duff and Dobreva.Suggested topics for papers may include:- Theory of digital curation- Digital preservation methods- The role of genre in digital curation activities- Digital repositories- Standards and models for digital curation- Data reuse and user requirements for digital curation- Models for dissemination of digital assets- Cost models and business cases for digital curation- Digital curation education and training.Key Dates:Submission Deadline for completed papers: December 1 2013Review Decisions will be made by: March 1 2014Final Versions Due: May 1 2014SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONSInstructions for authors and paper formatting instructions can be found at:http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/10502Submissions should be made online via the Editorial Manager.   Please select article type “DigitalCuration”http://www.editorialmanager.com/arcs/