Career path: Digital content management and preservation
Digital preservation extends beyond safeguarding digital materials – it also involves the strategic management of electronic records, websites, digitized documents and more while focusing on ensuring the long-term accessibility, authenticity and usability of digital assets. In the evolving digital landscape, those who manage digital content play a pivotal role in preserving cultural heritage, research data and institutional records for future generations.
This pathway encompasses various concepts beyond preservation. Professionals in this area excel in project management, overseeing digitization initiatives, technological implementations, and collaborative efforts. They also engage in digitization processes, converting analog materials to digital formats and contribute to designing and evaluating online systems for optimized access. They actively participate in collection development, considering intellectual property rights and aligning resources with evolving user needs. User services within digital collections involve guiding and supporting users.
Recommended courses
- INF 6210 – Organization of Information*
- INF 6460 – Database Design and SQL**
- INF 7470 – Information Architecture
- INF 7900 – Digital Libraries
- INF 7910 – Metadata in Theory and Practice
- INF 7920 – Digital Curation and Preservation
- INF 7940 – Human Computer Interaction
*Required for MLIS students
**Required for MSIS students
