Course code

INT7126.DT

old course code

INT7126

Course title in Estonian

Elektroonilise kirjastamise protsessid

Course title in English

Electronic Publishing Processes

ECTS credits

4.0

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

• To create presuppositions for acquiring knowledge on the essence and role of electronic publishing in modern information exchange; about the formats and standards in electronic publishing; the content management systems used for publishing electronic publications
• To support the acquiring of practical competence for publishing different e-publications

Brief description of the course

The concept of e-publishing. Electronic publications, their types and features. The impact of electronic publishing on reading. The publishing process and the changes in the roles of various agents in e-publishing. The rise of self-publishing in the Web.
The formats and standards of electronic publications (text, graphics, multimedia). Software and hardware for reading e-books, E-paper and e-ink.
Business models of e-publishing.
Copyright in the electronic environment. Open Access. Open content licences.
The creation of an electronic publication with MS Word and its conversion to pdf or ePub. The creation of an electronic publication with MS Publisher and other programmes. The web-based e-publishing platforms.
Web 2.0 as publishing environment. The features of reading and writing on the web. Writing a blog. Content management systems for creating websites and blogs.
Marketing and sales of an e-publication.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- explains the specifics of digital archiving as compared with paper-based archiving and preservation;
- evaluates critically different digital preservation methods and strategies;
- is able to justify the need for creating a digital archive in an organisation and the benefits it will bring;
- is able to determine tasks necessary for archiving and preserving a digital object based on its type and properties;
- demonstrates the ability to choose between different types of metadata in a digital archive.

Teacher

Dots Aile Möldre

Study programmes containing that course

Information Science (INITM/21.DT)
Information Science (INITM/20.DT)
Information Science (INITM/19.DT)
Information Science (INITM/18.DT)
Information Science (INITM/17.DT)
Information Science (INITM/16.DT)
Information Science (INITM/15.DT)
Information Science (INITM/14.DT)
Information Science (INITM/13.DT)