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Course Meeting Times
Fridays 9:00 a.m - 12:00 Noon, SZB 546
Course Description
The course will focus upon what happens to electronic records from all sources,
including preservation reformatting, once they have crossed the "archival threshold"
(whether actually or figuratively) for permanent retention. The course will cover media refreshment, conversion
to neutral formats vs. emulation to retain original format, migration, migration on demand; significant properties of digital objects and their importance for preservation; format and metadata repositories; digital signatures, message digests, authenticity, and reauthentication in the long-term preservation of electronic
records; and electronic
records repository construction, use, and administration. Projects supporting the iSchool institutional repository will be undertaken by students as case studies. Students will
also be introduced to how existing standard practices in the information technology field are being adapted to archival requirements: code vaulting and escrow, data warehousing, data mining,
web crawling, knowledge management, IT auditing.
Issues of access, including privacy and open records in the context of
World Wide Web standards and digital library initiatives, will also be addressed.
Professor: Dr. Patricia K. Galloway
| Email: |
galloway@ischool.utexas.edu |
| Phone: |
(512) 232-9220 |
| Office: |
SZB 566 |
| Office Hours: |
9:00 a.m -11:00 a.m Tuesday or by appointment |
| Contact |
Please use email in preference to telephone |
Teaching Assistant: Dana Lamparello
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DMLamparello@aol.com |
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