Introduction to Digital Curation

7910
Digital Curation

Catalog Description
        Introduction to the process of establishing and developing long term repositories for digital materials that will serve current and future researchers; examines the intersection of archival responsibility and digital asset management in the creation of a new specialization and emerging profession.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, a student will be able to:

        Explain the role and work of digital curators;
        Explain the technological, ethical, and legal issues they routinely face;
        Design a digital repository including its personnel and policy requirements;
        Choose appropriate tools for establishing a specific digital repository

Topics Covered
        Role of digital curation and the emerging profession of digital curation
        Conceptual models
        Role and use of metadata
        Preservation planning
        Appraising, designing, and creating data
        Using and re-using data
        Trustworthy digital repositories
        Ingesting, storing, and preserving data