DIGITIZATION SKILLS FOR LIBRARIES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS

The Digitization Skills for Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions Certificate of Achievement curriculum prepares students to work in digital repositories found in libraries, archives, museums and business settings. Instruction includes: project planning, digitization, metadata, copyright and end user access to digital materials. Students will gain practical experience using industry standards in order to prepare them for entering the workforce. The program serves as an entry level foundational skills certificate that can be built upon with the Archives and Digital Collections Assistant Certificate of Achievement.

A Certificate of Achievement is awarded upon successful completion of all required courses with a grade C or better.

Projected annual completers are between 15-25 students, based on enrollment in required courses.

Given the increasing demand for digital access to historical materials, there is a shortage of trained staff familiar with the technologies used in both creating and managing digital files for libraries and cultural heritage collections. This curriculum prepares students to work in digital repositories found in libraries, archives, museums and other cultural heritage organizations. Instruction includes: project planning, digitization, metadata, copyright, preservation and end user access to digital materials. Students will gain practical experience using industry standards in order to prepare them for entering the workforce.

Program Goals: “Career Technical Education (CTE)” Certificate of Achievement

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes provide students with the range of skills sets that will better prepare students for support staff work in archives, special collections and the digitization field, such as: Digitization Technician or Digitization Assistant.

Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of the program, students will be assessed on their ability to:

1. Identify and explain selection, technical, and copyright issues that impact the success of digital projects.

2. Produce digital representations of archival materials using established digitization protocols and standards.

3. Apply established protocols and metadata standards to provide access to digital objects in digital asset management systems.

The Digitization Skills for Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions Certificate of Achievement curriculum prepares students to work in digital repositories found in libraries, archives, museums and business settings. Instruction includes: project planning, digitization, metadata, copyright and end user access to digital materials. Students will gain practical experience using industry standards in order to prepare them for entering the workforce. The program serves as an entry level foundational skills certificate that can be built upon with the Archives and Digital Collections Assistant Certificate of Achievement.

Code	Title	Units	Sequence
LIB 121	TECHNOLOGIES & PROCESSES FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS	3	Yr 1 Fall
LIB 122	INTRODUCTION TO METADATA FOR DIGITAL OBJECTS	3	Yr 1 Spring
LIB 123	INTRODUCTION TO COPYRIGHT ISSUES FOR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS	1	Yr 1 Spring
LIB 126	ARCHIVES AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS INTERNSHIP	1	Yr 1 Summer

This program is being submitted for review as a new Certificate of Achievement. In that regard, it will be replacing the Occupational Skills Certificate for Digitization Skills curriculum.

There are currently no similar certificate programs at any institution within the California Community Colleges system. Although LBCC and Santa Anta offer Library Technology Certificates, they do not offer Digitization or Archives Certificates.

Projected annual completers are between 15-25 students, based on enrollment in required courses.

This is a new certificate. This certificate currently exists as an occupational skills certificate and this serves as a proposal to reclassify it as a certificate of achievement. This would enable it to be listed on student transcripts.