Digital Preservation

Course aim

To ensure students are able to analyse and critically evaluate the principles, complex challenges and the key strategies for preserving digital materials for the future.

Course content

Overview of complexities of digital preservation throughout the life-cycle of objects, including challenges and risks, special implications for libraries, records management and archives, including selection and significance; ethics and culturally sensitive material; impacts of legislative requirements including copyright web archiving, digitising and relationship to digital preservation; investigation of complex technological issues - strategies and systems; formats and tools; metadata; relevance of risk management and project management; digital curation; standards and frameworks, analysis of issues relating to ongoing management and resourcing, including trusted digital repositories, access and auditing , surveys, digital preservation policies and programs, synergies and integration with the preservation of physical materials, awareness/education and keeping up to date; local, national and international examples.

Textbook(s)

N Beagrie & M Jones 2008, Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook, ongoing, Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) , Digital Preservation Coalition, York

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFS 5107	Technological Foundations
INFS 5104	Information Management Foundations

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
Directed Study (Meetings and activities as agreed with Course Coordinator)	N/A x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Online moderated discussion boards, and other activities)	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1 Challenges and risks, Digital preservation project, Selection Issues report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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