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Instructor: Dr.
Patricia K. Galloway
Course Meeting Times
Wednesday 12:00-3:00 PM, UTA 1-210A
Course Description
The course will focus upon what happens to electronic records from all sources,
including preservation reformatting and digital library creation, 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 and/or virtualization to retain original format, migration on demand; significant properties of digital objects, what they are and their importance for access; format and metadata repositories and the use of metadata in digital archives; digital signatures, message digests, authenticity, and reauthentication in the long-term preservation of electronic
records; and electronic
records archival repository construction, use, and administration. Projects based on the iSchool institutional repository and the UT ScholarWorks 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 versioning, vaulting, and escrow, data warehousing, text and 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: |
UTA 5.436 |
| Office Hours: |
By appointment or after class |
| Contact |
Please use email in preference to telephone |
Teaching Assistant: George Royer
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