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Gain the technical knowledge and skills needed to create, curate, preserve and manage digital collections in a fast-changing environment.
Gain the technical knowledge and skills needed to create, curate, preserve and manage digital collections in a fast-changing environment.
University of Arizona Digital Information Management Certificate
The Lifecyle of Digital AssetsImage courtesy of Pinterest
Required Coursework
Required Coursework
This course was applicable to both my Archival Studies certificate as well as my Digital Information Management certificate; click the above link to read about my experience in this course.
LIS 672: Introduction to Applied Technology
LIS 672: Introduction to Applied Technology
Click above link to read about this course in my mid-program reflection.
LIS 675: Advanced Digital Collections
LIS 675: Advanced Digital Collections
I completed an internship at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage's Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives as my capstone; click the link above to be directed to the internship page.
LIS 672 (Introduction to Digital Curation and Preservation) and LIS 675 (Advanced Digital Collections) represented the greatest leaps of faith I have ever taken. I learned during my final five years of teaching in one-to-one computer learning environments that technology offers endless possibilities and solutions. A fascination was born during this time and I knew that my degree would have to allow me to learn more about the digital world.
LIS 672 (Introduction to Digital Curation and Preservation) and LIS 675 (Advanced Digital Collections) represented the greatest leaps of faith I have ever taken. I learned during my final five years of teaching in one-to-one computer learning environments that technology offers endless possibilities and solutions. A fascination was born during this time and I knew that my degree would have to allow me to learn more about the digital world.
However my computer interaction had always occurred through the veil of a graphical user interface (GUI). I had a phobia of branching out from where I was comfortable into areas like software development and coding because I feared I would "break my computer."
However my computer interaction had always occurred through the veil of a graphical user interface (GUI). I had a phobia of branching out from where I was comfortable into areas like software development and coding because I feared I would "break my computer."
I had to confront these fears in 672 and 675.
I had to confront these fears in 672 and 675.
This table from my final project in the class summarizes the virtual machines that were active in my VMWare by the end of the semester.
Click the image to read the report.LIS 672 focused fairly exclusively around the LAMP stack - Linux, Apache, Mojave and PHP - and involved creating server after server using the virtual machine software, VMWare. I learned to work from the command line, to perform varying levels of problem solving and exploration while expanding my coding languages and gaining a greater understanding of how digital components come together to form the interfaces I interact with everyday.
This table categorizes my experience with different online repositories according to a variety of criteria.
Click the image to read the report.LIS 675 picked up right where 672 left off, relying on our practiced skill of creating a server per week. At the beginning of the semester, we gathered loose components for a themed collection of our choice and then, after installing new repositories on our servers, uploaded the same collection over and over. This repeated action allowed us to compare the experiences and results from working with each online repository.
A Note about the Certificate's Name
A Note about the Certificate's Name
When I was accepted into the program, the certificate was titled "Digital Information Management." Since that point, it has been renamed simply "Digital Information" (what you see when clicking the link above). I spoke with Professor Bruce Fulton, the creator of and instructor for the certificate, in December of 2019 and he said it was being renamed again. It will now be known as "Digital Curation."
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