DIGITAL CURATION AND COLLECTIONS

LIS 768

Learn and apply introductory technology-related concepts and skills to plan, implement and assess data-driven projects in the humanities, social sciences and other fields. Topics include identifying relevant existing digitized materials, web scraping, text encoding, topic modeling, mapping, social network analysis and other approaches for collecting, analyzing and visualizing data.

LIS 655

Collection development designed to teach professional skills in selection and control of collections. Examines large societal forces affecting the ways librarians have traditionally built collections and contemporary changes in access and ownership.

LIS 755

Management, policy and technology issues associated with licensed digital library resources such as e-journals, e-books, full text and citation databases, digital audio and video collections, and e-references resources. Includes a significant copyright and licensing component.

LIS 632

An overview of the design and use of metadata for resource description and retrieval in digital environments. Learn to implement and evaluate standard schemes used in cultural heritage, commercial and other contexts including Dublin Core, MODS, VRA and others. Issues of information behavior, interoperability, quality control, vocabulary control and project management are covered.

LIS 678

Basic concepts, principles, and approaches to protection and care of library and archives material, including nature and structure of paper- and plastic-based materials, deterioration, preservation management, disaster prevention, reformatting, and repair.