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Level 6
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Delivery type:Online only
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Course duration: 16 weeks
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Course cost:$890 NZ Domestic$2,104 NZ International
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Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
This online course provides an overview of the principles and practices associated with the digitisation and long- term preservation of records, written tāonga and other information assets in a variety of physical and electronic formats.
The course covers a range of fundamental processes to do with areas such as identification, selection, imaging, description, metadata, access, transfer, storage and distribution. It introduces preservation management tools and strategies, and includes key concepts, standards, cultural protocols and issues that may need to be recognised or addressed.
For more information watch the course introduction video below.
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
- Explain the benefits of preservation and the key factors that affect the preservation and digitisation of different information formats.
- Apply knowledge of fundamental preservation and digitisation processes and associated cultural protocols to records and other information assets in a variety of physical and electronic formats.
- Identify and evaluate preservation management tools and strategies.
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed.
Textbooks
No textbooks are required for this course.
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable broadband internet and a data plan
Find out more about online learning
If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.