Digital archiving and preservation (5 cr)
Code: SA00DO36-3006
General information
- Enrollment
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04.11.2024 - 17.11.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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03.03.2025 - 31.05.2025
Implementation is running.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Department of Information Technology
- Campus
- Ecampus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Open University of Applied Sciences
- Teachers
- Anssi Jääskeläinen
- Groups
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AVTSAOS24SAvoin AMK, Tiedonhallinnan ja sähköisen arkistoinnin osaaja, syksy 2024
- Course
- SA00DO36
Objective
You know how to design digital archives and preservation processes. You are able to identify challenges of preserving of different kinds of data. You are familiar with different kinds of regulations concerning digital preservation and common quality requirements of different types of data. You learn about technologies used in digital preservation.
Content
What kind of factors have to be considered when designing digital preservation? Which regulations, standards and recommendations affect digital archiving? Which are the quality criteria for digitizing and the challenges in digital preservation?
Course material
All materials are available through the Learn environment. All assignments are either completed directly in the Learn environment or submitted there according to the instructions specified in the assignments.
To complete the course assignments, students must have access to a computer on which they have permission to install software. The software required for the course is provided to students as a VirtualBox virtual machine. To use this, the computer must be able to install the VirtualBox software and have at least 30GB of free disk space and preferably at least 8GB of RAM
Study forms and methods
The course is primarily conducted as independent study in the Learn environment, but it includes two 1.5-hour guidance sessions, the dates of which will be announced later.
No part of the course is mandatory, but the student is responsible for earning enough points from the course assignments
RDI and work-related cooperation
The course includes content and methods from RDI (Research, Development, and Innovation) projects.
International cooperation
The course touches on the international collaboration conducted by the Digitalia research center and utilizes various software developed as a result of this international cooperation.
Student workload
One credit corresponds to 27 hours of student work
Further information
Opntojakso on tarjolla:
Avoimen AMKin opiskeljoille 40 paikkaa
YTS TUNI 5 paikkaa
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Grading, assignments, and evaluation criteria will be explained in the first lecture.