306554 (v.1) Information Studies 535 - Digital Libraries


Area:

Department of Media and Information

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Seminar:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

An advanced overview of the ways digitisation is influencing library collections and services. Topics include - digital resources and collection development, aggregation, digital document delivery, cataloguing web-based resources and digital objects, digitisation of technical services, including acquisitions and cataloguiing, negotiating with providers and aggregators of digital material, creating digital objects and collections including the legal implications, preservation of digital objects. Develop and practice skills in the creation and storage of digital objects.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

20399 Information Systems not elsewhere classified

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Fully Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area