This course gives students an appreciation of the management, curation & preservation of digital materials. Particular attention will be given to the application of theory to practice.

Weekly teaching sessions, normally totalling 10 x 1 hour lectures, 10 x 1 hour seminars, 10 x 1 hour practical classes.

ARTMED5021

INFOSTUD5020

None

Written report or essay - 50% essay

 Project - 50%

Together these will comprise approx., 5,000 words.

This course aims to:

■ Examine core considerations in the creation, management, curation, and preservation of digital materials. It cuts across academic, public and private sectors to introduce students to a working knowledge of:

■ Characterise the authenticity, integrity and reliability of digital materials

■ Underpin the development of policies, and, the role of standards and practices that support the management, curation and preservation of data, information and knowledge;

■ Process information systems designed to ensure the long term accessibility of digital materials;

■ Use digital technologies to create and manage digital materials; and,

■ Transition from the analogue to the digital has on management, curation, and preservation of digital materials.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ recognise the nature of digital information;

■ summarise the challenges posed by technology (e.g. media, system, software, format) obsolescence;

■ formulate the concepts and issues surrounding authenticity, integrity, and reliability in relation to digital information;

■ construct approaches for analysing and describing information systems;

■ differentiate and contrast the techniques and practices that underlie digital curation;

■ assess the impact that automation has had on archival theory and practice

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.