IS40770 Digital Curation:Core Concept

Academic Year 2019/2020

Digital material is ubiquitous. However, if this data is not cared for, it will not be accessible in the future. Until recently, preservation, applied well after the digital item was created, had been the main method used to maintain digital materials over time. However, new technologies have raised additional challenges beyond which preservation can address. It has become clear that maintaining digital material needs to start before the point of creation, to ensure continued access over time. This course provides an introduction to the digital curation lifecycle as a strategy to manage the creation, conservation, and preservation of and long term access to digital materials.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes
1. Summarize the challenges and approaches to maintaining digital material.
2. Identify the key requirements for digital curation.
3 Describe the elements of the digital curation lifecycle.
4. Critique the different approaches to selecting and appraising digital material.
5. Compare and contrast case studies of digital curation projects.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

48
Total

112
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
active/task-based learning; peer and group work; lectures; critical writing; reflective learning; enquiry & problem-based learning; case-based learning. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: personal preservation plan Unspecified n/a Graded No

50
Essay: case study review Unspecified n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

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Name Role
Assoc Professor Amber Cushing Lecturer / Co-Lecturer