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• Recognise the importance of a preventive approach to preservation and articulate the difference between preservation and conservation
• Learn about best practice approaches to traditional and digital preservation
• Gain insight into the nature of traditional analogue materials and their resultant preservation vulnerabilities and requirements
• Identify the wide range of activities that comprise a preservation programme and begin preservation planning
• Recognise the core aspects of digital preservation and the key skills and tools to commence digital preservation activities
• Learn to compile collecting policies and depositor agreements and recognise the key considerations when accessioning archives.
The module will cover the following broad areas: Week 1 introduction to preservation and preservation principles; Week 2 Understanding traditional archive & historic library materials and the threats they face; Week 3 Preservation in practice: archive and library buildings; storage and environments; Week 4 Preservation in practice: other aspects of collection care; Week 5, a class visit or guest practitioner speaker; Week 6 Emergency planning, prevention and recovery for traditional archive & library materials; Week 7 Preserving digital materials: introduction and issues; Week 10, Preserving digital materials: approaches and options; Week 11, Preserving digital materials, preservation software systems; Weeks 12-14, Acquiring archives in traditional and digital formats, working with depositors and developing acquisition policies and procedures.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Small Group | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 124 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | |||
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Assignment: Preservation needs assessment practical exercise | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
No |
Assignment: Preservation action plan practical exercise | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Written feedback will be given to students post-assessment via Brightspace. Formative feedback will be given to students if they wish to avail of it on a range of tasks linked to carrying out the preservation needs assessment and the compilation of the subsequent preservation action plan. One to one feedback will be given to students post-assessment via Zoom if this is requested.