Digital and Documentary Heritage
Course code
INT7164.DT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Digitaalne ja dokumentaalne kultuuripärand
Course title in English
Digital and Documentary Heritage
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
- To create preconditions for obtaining knowledge on the essence of cultural heritage and the measures of its protection on international level and in Estonia;
- To support the acquisition of knowledge on the work with cultural heritage collections and the methods of public access to the collections including via digitisation.
- To support the acquisition of knowledge on the work with cultural heritage collections and the methods of public access to the collections including via digitisation.
Brief description of the course
The concept and types of cultural heritage. The impornace of cultural heritage in preserving national identity. The cultural heritage policies in Europe. The legal regulation of cultural heritage. The initiatives, programmes and portals of UNESCO and the European Union in digitisation of cultural heritage. The protection of cultural heritage in Estonia.
The management of cultural heritage collections: development and acquistion, documentation, description and metadata, storage, exposition. Services of memory institutions. Access to cultural heritage and its uses. The databases of memory institutions.
The management of cultural heritage collections: development and acquistion, documentation, description and metadata, storage, exposition. Services of memory institutions. Access to cultural heritage and its uses. The databases of memory institutions.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- distinguishes between different forms of cultural heritage and understands their essence;
- has an overview about the policies and strategies of cultural heritage protection in the European Union and Estonia,understands the importance of the preservation of cultural heritage;
- is aware of the principals of description, handling and storage of cultural heritage objects;
- knows the conditions for access, exposition and digitisation of culturalheritage objects;
- knows and is able to use the databases and information systems of Estonian memory institutions.
- distinguishes between different forms of cultural heritage and understands their essence;
- has an overview about the policies and strategies of cultural heritage protection in the European Union and Estonia,understands the importance of the preservation of cultural heritage;
- is aware of the principals of description, handling and storage of cultural heritage objects;
- knows the conditions for access, exposition and digitisation of culturalheritage objects;
- knows and is able to use the databases and information systems of Estonian memory institutions.
Teacher
Aile Möldre
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