INF 392K - Digital Archiving and Preservation | Spring 2010 |
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Prerequisites:
Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
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.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.