Directions from the Hilton Hotel to Loyola University Learn from the experts! In this course you’ll review the concepts, principles, and practices necessary for developing a digital curation program to effectively manage digital content - including archival records - across generations of technology. In addition, this course focuses on the advocacy, preservation planning, and policy development necessary to manage digital content far into the future.
Upon completion of this course you’ll have the core information to:
- Develop a digital curation program;
- Manage digital content; and
- Advocate for a program that includes archival content and a standards-based framework to manage it into the future.
Who should attend? Administrators with oversight across the entire archival enterprise of an institution and managers who aspire to be administrators.
What should you already know? Participants are expected to have deep knowledge of archival processes, years of experience, and at least intermediate knowledge of digital archives. This course builds on the DAS course,
Digital Curation:Creating an Environment for Success.
The DAS Core Competencies Addressed in this Course: #2: Communicate and define requirements, roles, and responsibilities related to digital archives to a variety of partners and audiences.
#3: Formulate strategies and tactics for appraising, describing, managing, organizing, and preserving digital archives.
#5: Plan for the integration of new tools or successive generations of emerging technologies, software, and media.
#6: Curate, store, and retrieve original masters and access copies of digital archives.
#7: Provide dependable organization and service to designated communities across networks.
This course is one of the
Transformational Courses in the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Curriculum and Certificate Program! (If you intend to take this course as one of the nine courses required to pursue the DAS certificate, you'll need to pass the examination for this course. Please follow
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