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Preservation of Information (PI) Specialization
Yakel IMLS grant project fosters digital preservation education and internships
Associate Professor Elizabeth Yakel will head a multi-institution grant project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Studies (IMLS) to carry out "Engaging Communities to Foster Internships for Preservation and Digital Curation."
[ Visit the project Web site]
The School of Information's specialization in Preservation of Information is a response to the urgent need for expertise in preservation, digital curation, and Web archiving in the 21st century.
The PI specialization teaches the principles and knowledge of preservation administration across all media and formats. Areas covered include collection evaluation and threat assessments, preservation policies, facilities and environmental controls, and resources and stable funding models.
SI faculty have extensive professional experience in preservation and are among the top researchers in the field. Program strengths include a strong focus on archival practice and digital technologies. And being at the University of Michigan gives you access to a formidable set of preservation resources, labs, collections, and more.
PI specialists gain expertise in digital and analog preservation administration, preservation digitization and reformatting, preservation planning and policy setting, and standards for digital data curation.
Preservation of Information specialists gain expertise in these areas:
- Digital and analog preservation administration
- Preservation digitization and reformatting
- Preservation planning and policy setting
- Standards for digital curation
By completing the Preservation of Information specialization, you'll be well-prepared for a career as a:
- Data/digital curator
- Preservation officer/manager
- Web archivist
- Digital collections manager
- Digital reformatting specialist
- Digital preservation project manager
Specialization Requirements
In addition to the specialization requirements below, MSI students must meet all of the general requirements of the 48-credit MSI program, including core, distribution, cognate, and practical engagement requirements.
Required Course
Students completing the Preservation of Information specialization are required to take the following:
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SI 581: Preserving Information
(1.5 credits)
Approved Preservation of Information Courses
Students will need to take an additional 10.5 credits from the following set of current and proposed classes.
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SI 601: Data Manipulation
(1.5 credits)
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SI 602: Special Topics: Practical Engagement Workshop in Digital Preservation
(1.5 credits)
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SI 625: Digital Preservation
(1.5 credits)
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SI 639: Web Archiving
(1.5 credits)
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SI 644: Advanced Preservation Administration
(1.5 credits)
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SI 651: Physical Treatment Processes for Preservation Administrators
(1.5 credits)
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SI 675: Digitization for Preservation
(1.5 credits)
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SI 678: Preserving Sound and Motion
(1.5 credits)
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SI 690: Internship/Field Experience
(1-6 credits)
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SI 692: Practical Engagement Workshop in Archives and Records
(3 credits)
- Proposed: Science/Social Science Data Curation (1.5 credits)
From cyberinfrastructure to managed collections.
- Proposed: Digital Preservation Management (1.5 credits)
Approaches, evolving standards, metadata, infrastructure, and research issues.
- Proposed: Physical Treatment Processes (1.5 credits)
Conservation, deacidification, microfilm, and photocopying.
- Proposed: Economics of Sustainability (1.5 credits)
Models, incentives, data, users.
The faculty coordinator for the Preservation of Information specialization is Associate Professor Elizabeth Yakel.
Other MSI Specializations
Preservation of Information is one of nine specializations within the Master of Science in Information program at the School of Information. For information about the other MSI specializations, visit their respective links:
Program requirements on this page are current for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Last updated: Oct 27, 2008
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"Preservation is a long-standing and fundamentally important aspect of the information professions, and this is increasingly so in the digital realm."
Elizabeth Yakel
Associate Professor
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