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Information curation

Objectives

- Understand the theoretical and methodological principles for the preservation and retrieval of information within the information curation cycle.
- Be able to use and design standards and guidelines and apply techniques and other instruments inherent to storage and retrieval for access, continued use, reuse and transformation of information and metadata.
- Be able to carry out the planning and implementation of information preservation and recovery processes, regardless of the nature of the information, life cycle stage, production mode and technological support.
- Recognize the importance of metadata in the production, organization, retrieval and preservation of digital objects.
- Understand the importance of interoperability between information systems.

General characterization

Code

02111001

Credits

10.0

Responsible teacher

Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Leitão

Hours

Weekly - 3

Total - 280

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • Baker, David; Ellis, Lucy - Future Directions in Digital Information. Londres: Chandos, 2020.
  • Chowdhury, G.G. -Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval. Londres: Facet, 2010.
  • DCC Curation Lifecycle Model, Digital Curation Centre, www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/ curation-lifecycle-model.
  • DIGITAL PRESERVATION COALITION. Digital preservation handbook. 2th ed.[Glasgow], c2015. Available at: https://www.dpconline.org/handbook.
  • LAVOIE, Brian; GARTNER, Richard. Preservation metadata. 2nd edition. DPC Technology Watch Report, [s. l.], v. 13, n.3, p. 1-36, May 2013. Available at: https://www.dpconline.org/docs/technology-watch-reports/894-dpctw13-03/file.
  • Higgins, S. (2018). Digital Curation: The development of a discipline within information science. Journal of Documentation, 74(6), 1318-1338. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-02-2018-0024
  • Myntti, J. Zoom, J (2019) From Digital Preservation in Libraries: Preparing for a Sustainable Future. Chicago: American Library Association.

Teaching method

The seminar will be developed through classroom sessions and students autonomous work. The classroom sessions will have a theoretical-practical character, being constituted by moments of theoretical exposition of the themes, practical exercises, oral presentations and debates with the students. Students must read the material suggested prior to each class. The students autonomous work should complement and deepen the knowledge transmitted in the class.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Attendance and Participation(10%), Group Work (oral presentation)(15%), Group Work (written presentation)(45%), Text comments (individual)(30%)

Subject matter

1. Preservation and information retrieval policies and responsibilities under information curation cycle. Storage and preservation strategic plan. Costs and business models.
2. Storage and preservation of analog documents.
3. Digitaization and infromation medium transfer. Descriptive requirements associated with the management of archival information of permanent conservation.
4. Digital preservation. Attributes of storage and preservation systems. Metadata requirements for preservation. Digital preservation strategies. The OAIS model. Management and certification of digital repositories.
5. Retrieval of information and documents. Models and forms of information and documents retrieval and their metadata. Information retrieval systems evaluation. Bibliographic management  systems. Archival management systems. Document management systems and content management.Digital Archives /Libraries.
6. Access, use, reuse nd information tansformation. Semantic Web.