Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Library
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Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Library at Swayam Overview
Duration | 15 weeks |
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Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Library at Swayam Highlights
- Earn a certification after completion
- Learn from expert faculty
Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Library at Swayam Course details
- The course is designed for the students of library and information science as well as for professionals working in library and information centres
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the principles, theories, and practices underlying digital libraries, including information organization, access, preservation, and management
- Develop proficiency in utilizing a range of digital library technologies, including digital asset management systems, metadata schemas, digitization tools, and preservation strategies
- Apply advanced techniques for organizing, indexing, and retrieving digital information resources, including metadata creation, taxonomy development, and controlled vocabularies
- Evaluate and implement strategies for the long-term preservation and access of digital materials, including format migration, emulation, and digital rights management
- The objective of the course is to impart in-depth knowledge on digital libraries, their characteristics, components, standards and protocols, IPR and legal issues, digital rights and access management, planning and evaluation
- The ultimate aim of the course is to instil skills in learners that would enable them to evaluate commercially available digital libraries before subscribing them for their institutions as well as to set-up their own institutional digital library with all intermediate steps involved in it from planning to offering digital library services
Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Library at Swayam Curriculum
Week 1:
Digital Library: Overview - Introduction, Historical Perspectives
Week 2:
Major Components of Digital Library - 1: Major Components, Search and Browse Interface in Digital Library
Week 3:
Major Components of Digital Library – 2: Digital Library Technical Infrastructure, Digital Library Architecture
Week 4:
Major Components of Digital Library – 3: Collection Development of digital library, Knowledge Organization in Digital Library
Week 5:
Digital Libraries: Planning, Implementation, Marketing and Promotion
Week 6:
Digital Library: Standards, IPR and Legal Issues
Week 7:
Major Projects in Digital Libraries - Major Project: US, Major Project: UK, Major Project: Rest of the World
Week 8:
Digital Library Initiatives in India
Week 9:
Open Access and Digital Library
Week 10:
Digitization Part – 1 and Part – 2
Week 11:
Digital Library and Semantic Web, Digital Library Applications and Services
Week 12:
Digital Rights Management / Access Management Part - 1 and Part - 2
Week 13:
Digital Preservation: Part – 1 and Part - 2
Week 14:
Case Studies in Digital Library: Dspace, GSDL and Eprints
Week 15:
Evaluation and Case Studies of Digital Library
Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Library at Swayam Faculty details
Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Library at Swayam Entry Requirements
- The learner should have basic knowledge of computers, acquaintance with traditional libraries using manual processes as well as computerised library operations and services offered by both types of libraries
- Not mentioned
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