Description: Lecture, three and one half hours. Nature of digital media and networking necessitates reformulation of traditional concepts such as authenticity, authorship, and originals; information systems and metadata that are specifically designed to manage preservation process; new ethical, rights, and collaborative frameworks; and economic, legal, and policy tools with which to manage digital information over long term. Introduction to strategies, techniques, and standards, as well as continuing challenges related to preserving born-digital/born-networked/digitized materials (e.g., electronic records, digital archives, video games, scientific simulations, digital humanities environments, sound and moving image materials, social media and personal digital archives). Implications for digital preservation of new technologies and their applications. Letter grading.

Units: 4.0