Digital Preservation

• • A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-INFM335-Conservation and Preservation (No longer available)

Others

Students must have completed at least 75 credit points in one of the following study packages to enrol in this unit: Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Science Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies Graduate Diploma in Archives and Records Management Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives Master of Information Science Master of Information Science (Extended) Master of Information Management

Additional requirements

• Placement requirements - This subject contains a three-week practicum placement.
• Other requirements - Administrative access to computing facilities, including reliable access to the Internet and to a PC computer which runs Windows (including Word).

This subject was previously known as INFM335 Conservation and Preservation.

Learn how to interpret and deploy the digital curation lifecycle model in various organisational contexts. This subject focuses on the key processes that support the creation, capture, management, preservation, use and reuse of digital objects over the long-term for various purposes. Students will undertake a three-week practicum placement in which they engage directly with industry, drawing from their learning across the program.

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