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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Maintain knowledge of digital repositories
   • Research information sources and determine types and functions of digital repositories
   • Review organisational procedures on digital repositories and confirm consistency with organisational policies
   • Identify external standards and requirements relevant to preservation and copyright of digital repositories
2. Manage resources for digital repositories
   • Locate and verify resources to add to the digital repository
   • Add resources to the digital repository using relevant software applications and equipment
   • Maintain digital resources and confirm access and integrity
   • Remove or modify resources from the digital repository, where required, according to organisational policies and procedures
3. Manage metadata for digital repositories
   • Create descriptive, technical and administrative metadata for digital repository resources according to organisational policies and procedures
   • Maintain and enhance digital repository metadata according to organisational policies and procedures

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

add to digital repository according to standards and organisational policies and procedures on at least two occasions

create metadata on at least two occasions.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

add to, modify or remove resources from digital repositories using standards and organisational policies and procedures, and ensure access and integrity

create and edit metadata for digital repository resources

modify resource in digital repository according to standards and organisational policies and procedures

remove resource from digital repository according to standards and organisational policies and procedures.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

access and preservation standards for digitisation

copyright, moral rights, digital rights management and intellectual property issues and legislation that impact digital repositories

common digital file formats

digital preservation techniques

information management principles for description and access

current trends in digital repositories

reference metadata standards and systems used in the industry institutions, including:

Resource Description and Analysis (RDA)

Australian Government Location Service (AGLS)

Dublin Core

Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC) and MARC21

organisational policies and procedures regarding digital repositories.

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