kuratoinnin
Kuratoinnin is a term in information science and digital humanities that refers to the practice and theory of curating digital content within distributed repositories and online platforms. The term blends “curation” with a suffix used in several languages to denote a professional role, signaling a dedicated responsibility for guiding digital artifacts from creation to long-term accessibility. It is used to describe both practical activities and a conceptual framework for maintaining quality, provenance, and usability in an age of open data, social media, and institutional repositories.
Etymology and origins: The coinage emerged in the late 2010s in discussions among archivists and librarians
Practice: Core activities include selecting material for inclusion, creating and standardizing metadata, annotating artifacts with context,
Variants and critique: Some scholars frame kuratoinnin as a useful bridge between professional curation and participatory
See also: Digital curation, information ethics, curatorial studies, community archives, metadata standards.
References: General digital curation literature and ethics discussions address related concepts; kuratoinnin as a term is