Conservation and Preservation
PostgraduateCUR-INFM3352022
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Cover the strategies employed by information professionals to conserve decaying materials.Explore digital preservation issues. Update your knowledge of copyright law. Compile a list of practices used on local, national and international levels.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Conservation and Preservation
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain the differences between the functions of conservation and preservation in the workplace
- analyse the deployment of preservation principles and strategies
- research and analyse the diverse cultural, technical and legal requirements that impact on designing preservation projects
- design, implement and evaluate a preservation project.
- Contemporary preservation issues, contexts and principles
- Appraisal and selection for preservation
- Preservation risks and strategies
- Controlling the preservation environment
- Digitisation
- Risks to digital objects
- Digital preservation strategies
- Designing digital archival repositories
- Trusted digital repositories and TRAC
- Frameworks for preservation planning
- Risk management and disaster planning
- Preservation Management & Digital Continuity
This subject introduces students to the principles, strategies and tools used in physical and digital conservation and preservation. In this subject, students examine the requirements and planning involved in digital projects, from preparing physical items for digitisation to digital preservation management. The key focus in this subject is on preservation strategies, policies and systems.
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- Test (15%)
- Presentation (40%)
- Exercise (45%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-INL-GDI-2022 - Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies
- CUR-INR-GDI-2022 - Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives
- CUR-INM-MAS-2022 - Master of Information Management
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
one of
- CUR-INFM570-Archives Concepts and Practice
- CUR-INFM210-Collection Management
CUR-INFM270 (Not currently available)
CUR-LIM215-Archives Concepts and Practice (no longer available)
Equivalent subjects
You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies
PostgraduateCUR-INL-GDI
Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives
PostgraduateCUR-INR-GDI
Master of Information Management
PostgraduateCUR-INM-MAS
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE