INFO 540 – Preservation Management in Libraries and Archives
| Points: | 15 | Prerequisites: | None |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty: | Commerce & Administ | Corequisites: | None |
| School: | Information Management | Restrictions: | None |
The Principles and practice of information preservation with an emphasis on management of preservation activities in a New Zealand bicultural context. Topics include preservation standards, ethics and policies, conservation solutions for various media, collection assessment and project management.
This course is not currently being offered.
Course description
INFO 540, Preservation Management in Libraries and Archives, is an introduction to the principles and practice of information preservation of both analogue and digital media, in libraries and archives. Topics include preservation standards, policies and strategies for analogue and digital media; collection assessment and programme development.
Learning objectives
- Gain knowledge of local and overseas issues, problems, challenges, and initiatives in the preservation management field today.
- Identify agents of deterioration of library and archival materials, as well as preservation functions that help mitigate deterioration.
- Explore treatment and reformatting options.
- Identify basic issues and trends in digital preservation.
- Demonstrate awareness of the role of preservation in ensuring ongoing access to digital information.
- Identify components of a preservation programme.
- Understand principles of effective disaster planning.
Schedule (not offered in 2012)
| Week | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction: concepts and challenges |
| 2 | Paper-based materials (including treatment options) |
| 3 | Multimedia materials (including treatment options) |
| 4 | Building concerns |
| 5 | Collections care |
| 6 | Surveys and assessments |
| 7 | Preservation reformatting |
| 8 | Digital issues |
| 9 | Digital preservation |
| 10 | Disaster planning |
| 11 | Building a preservation programme |
| 12 | Workshop session (arrangements tbc) |
Assessment (taken from 2010)
This course is internally assessed, with the following assignments to be completed in order to satisfy the mandatory course requirements. Full details, including explanatory notes and criteria, are available under the "Assessment" tab on Blackboard.
| Assignments | Date due | Value | Length |
| 1. Online Participation | various due dates | 20% | see Blackboard |
| 2. Collection Analysis | see Blackboard | 40% | 1500 words |
| 3. Workshop Training Programme | see Blackboard | 40% | 1500 words |