Introduction to Digital Curation, Preservation, and Management

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What is digital curation?

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Active management of digital assets throughout their lifecycle, including selection, organization, metadata creation, and access.

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What is digital preservation?

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Protecting digital materials from degradation and obsolescence to ensure long-term access.

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What is digital management?

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Practical handling of digital files, including naming, structuring, metadata standards, and backup strategies.

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What are the key concepts of digital curation?

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Goes beyond digitization by adding value and context, involving selection & appraisal, metadata creation, and storage & access.

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What is invisible degradation in digital preservation?

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Digital files can silently corrupt, a phenomenon known as bit rot.

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What is technological obsolescence?

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Old formats become unreadable, making it difficult to access digital materials.

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What is data integrity in the context of digital projects?

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Large projects need careful planning to avoid data loss.

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What is an example of migrating digital files for preservation?

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Migrating Word files to PDF/A or converting oral history audio to MP3.

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What are stable file formats recommended for preservation?

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PDF/A for documents, TIFF for images, and WAV for audio.

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What are the basic and advanced metadata standards?

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Basic: Dublin Core; Advanced: MODS/PREMIS.