Course code

INT6037.DT

old course code

INT6037

Course title in Estonian

Digitaalse informatsiooni säilitamine

Course title in English

Preservation of Digital Information

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Learning about the specific properties of information in digital form and issues these raise for preserving digital information. Introducing main concepts and current research topics of digital preservation.

Brief description of the course

Main concepts and issues of digital preservation. Categories of digital objects.
Homework (not graded): digital archives around the world.
What to archive and how to appraise the value of digital objects?
Practical homework 1: Significant properties of different digital objects.
Seminar: Significant properties of digital objects and their use in planning preservation.
Metadata for digital archives. File formats and storage media used in digital archives.
Practical homework 2: Metadata for digital preservation.
Seminar: Trusting digital archives – requirements and tools.
Managing digital archives: the OAIS reference model and its applications in practice.
Digital preservation and repositories – future perspectives.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the differences of archiving and preservation of paper based and digital materials;
- is able to critically evaluate strategies and models of digital archiving;
- understands the need of establishing digital archive in the organisation;
- is able to define the procedures for digital archiving and preservation according to the character of the object;
- demonstrates orientation in required metadata for preservation.

Teacher

Raivo Ruusalepp, MA

Study programmes containing that course

Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/15.YK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/14.YK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/13.YK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/12.YK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/12_1.YK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/11.YK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/11_1.YK)