Spring 2020
INF 392K Digital Archiving and Preservation
Unique ID: 27780
DESCRIPTION
Examines the permanent archiving of digital information. Covers media refreshment, emulation, migration, and electronic records repository construction and administration. Case study projects involving campus repositories and off-campus institutions. Students use legacy hardware and software and digital forensics tools to preprocess digital collections for repository storage. Also explores issues in long-term electronic records preservation
COURSE NOTES
This course includes a group project (in which we use DSpace) as well as briefings in many of the aspects of digital archiving and preservation. https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~galloway/spring2019/INF392K2019/
PREREQUISITES
Graduate standing and consent of instructor.