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Digital preservation skills for Australian Government

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This eLearning program is provided to increase digital preservation awareness and skills in Australian Government (Commonwealth) agencies. Information management, data management and IT specialists and key messages are helpful for any APS employee using digital information.

The program consists of four modules the National Archives has developed to support agency implementation of the Building trust in the public record: managing information and data for government and community policy. 

This content has been provided by the National Archives of Australia.

Participant benefits

  • Provides advice for Australian Government agencies and their employees to help ensure their digital information assets can be used for as long as needed.
  • Build understanding of concepts and practices to effectively, capture, manage and preserve digital information.
  • Gain insight into the role of the National Archives within the Australian Government, and legislative requirements for agencies under the Archives Act 1983.

Suitable for

All staff using digital information. 

Category and User Level

This learning experience aligns with the Working in Government at the Foundation level.

Price

Free of charge.

Courses / Resources

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Digital Preservation - Module 1: Digital formats

This e-learning module covers basic concepts and terminology related to digital preservation in Australian Government agencies.
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Digital Preservation - Module 2: Metadata

This e-learning module introduces the role of metadata for digital preservation in Australian Government agencies.
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Digital Preservation – Module 3: Digital Archiving

This e-learning module introduces concepts and workflows for digital archiving in Australian Government agencies.
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Digital Preservation – Module 4: Digital Preservation

This e-learning module describes strategies used for digital preservation in Australian Government agencies.
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Keep it or delete it: making good choices about information

National Archives of Australia provides guidance on information storage decisions. It provides advice about the different types of business information agency staff and contractors can or can't destroy as part of their daily work.
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Metadata for Information Assets

This course is provided to increase awareness and skills for Australian Government (Commonwealth) agencies to make use of metadata to help manage information assets (data, information and records).
Topics
Data
Digital
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Working in Government
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24 July 2025

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