Index

Acknowledgements

A draft of this guide was created by Emma Rooney and Shauna-Kay Harrison as part of the University of Michigan School of Information SI699: Digital Curation Mastery Course in Spring 2024.

Learning Benchmarks

After reading this guide, you will be able to:

  • Strategically appraise and select the items you want to upload to the MDPN.
  • Establish useful file naming and organization standards that will provide context for your collections in the future.
  • Understand what a Bag is, why we use them to package content, and how to structure your collections according to BagIt standards.
  • Run a job in DART, define your bag’s structure and metadata, and create a repeatable workflow.