Digital Preservation Technician Course
Become a qualified Digital Preservation Technician with the hands-on skills employers in archives, libraries, and cultural institutions need right now. This course covers everything from file format assessment and metadata standards to storage management and repository operations. You will graduate ready to protect digital collections for the long term.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course gives you a complete, practical foundation in digital preservation work. You will learn how to identify and assess file format risks, create and manage preservation metadata using standards like PREMIS and Dublin Core, and implement fixity checking workflows to detect data corruption. You will configure and operate repository systems, design redundant storage architectures, and build compliant ingest workflows using the BagIt specification. The course also covers preservation policy development, rights management, digitisation quality control, and emerging technologies including AI and cloud-native preservation tools.
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Develop skills
- File Format Assessment: Identify, evaluate, and migrate at-risk digital formats to preservation standards.
- Fixity and Integrity Checking: Generate checksums and automate workflows to detect data corruption.
- Repository Configuration: Set up and manage digital preservation systems with proper access controls.
- Preservation Policy Development: Draft institutional policies and conduct trusted repository self-assessments.
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