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DIG 550 - Digital Preservation

This course acquaints students with the challenges of, and best practices for, preserving digital artifacts.  Topics can include a survey of the (sometimes bewildering) array of formats for digital media, along with their vulnerabilities and half-lives; analysis of various preservation strategies (storage, migration, emulation, reinterpretation); institutional, legal, and practical impediments to preservation; preservation standards and resources for digital media (Media Matters, Variable Media Questionnaire).  DIG 500 and DIG 540 strongly recommended.

Credits: 3