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This module is designed to support you in exploring the field of digital curation and building confidence to work in and adapt to this fast-changing area. Digital curation is broadly understood as the activity involved in advocating the need to preserve and ensure access to digital material over the long-term, and the planning, management, and actions required to make that happen.

The module will cover the following topics, which may be subject to variation depending on developments in academic research and professional practice:

• Community Models, Principles and Standards
• The Digital Curation Community
• Contexts for Digital Curation
• Dealing with Digital Materials, Tools, and Systems
• Digital Preservation Workflows and Best Practice
• Metadata Models and Interoperability
• Understanding Access and Re-Use
• Archiving Web-based Digital Materials
• Sustainability and Community-focussed Digital Curation

The module will be taught using a mix of lectures, class discussion, practical exercises, independent study, and guided reading. Students will be expected to undertake an independent project to create an assessed portfolio of work.

By the end of this module students should be able to:Ìý

• Understand and be able to describe key terminology, principles, professional responsibilities and legislative frameworks that govern digital curation.Ìý

• Be able to identify and demonstrate the key aspects of a digital preservation strategy and be able to advocate for digital preservation.Ìý

• Be able to inspect and critique different digital preservation tools and systems for use in different organisational contexts.Ìý

• Build confidence and digital literacy to adapt to working with varied tools, technologies, and workflows for the preservation and curation of digital materials.Ìý

Prerequisites

You will need access to your own laptop with sufficient RAM/memory and disk space to work with a variety of software packages. There are no formal pre-requisites to have completed specific modules/courses, but you will need to be comfortable with technology and have intermediate ICT skills (ability to download and install software). Although not essential, a little preliminary reading before the module begins can often be beneficial – see below for some suggestions:Ìý

• Brown, Adrian. Practical Digital preservation: a how-to guide for organisations of any size. London: Facet, 2013.
• Oliver, Gillian and Harvey, Ross. Digital curation, 2nd Edition. London: Facet, 2016.
• Digital Preservation Handbook, 2nd Edition, ,ÌýDigital Preservation Coalition © 2015
• Any articles from the .