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DIGITAL CURATION AND COLLECTIONS

LIS 668
Course Description

Core concepts and new developments in digital curation, preservation and digital collections. Topics include: digitization of various media; digital preservation; media archeology; basics of research data management; digital collection technologies and workflows; intellectual-property issues; metadata as applied in digital collections; digital collections planning and evaluation; trusted digital repositories; funding of digital collection projects and sustainability.

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.82

1.15% from Historical

Completion Rate
95.45%

-2.36% from Historical

A Rate
95.45%

18.09% from Historical

Class Size
22

-1.6% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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