The new MA in Digital Asset Management at King's College London is jointly taught by the Centre for Computing in the Humanities and the Centre for e-Research. It addresses an increasingly important area of knowledge and skills for those seeking employment in library, archival and curatorial activity, namely the management of digital assets. The programme equips students to work in a variety of professional contexts within the cultural heritage sector and elsewhere wherever digital assets are managed.

We are witnessing rapid growth in the volume and complexity of digital materials, both digitized and born digital, so that the management of these digital assets is now a significant activity. In government, both local and central, and in commerce and industry, more and more of the information created in the normal course of activity is in electronic form, whether as web publications, images, databases, GIS files, data sets, email, or documents in word-processed, spreadsheet or PDF formats. If the full value of these assets to the economy, society and culture is to be realized it is essential that fully trained professionals are available to ensure their management, curation and use.

The Programme will equip students with the necessary critical and reflective capacities, set within a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of digital curation. Students will also gain a great deal of practical hands-on experience, working on real problems and digital collections throughout the course.

The MA in Digital Asset Management provides a robust and practical response to the skills shortage currently affecting the management, exploitation and long-term preservation of digital assets in both the public and private sector.

Further information

* Details of the programme are available at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/cch/pg/madam/

* Contact cch@kcl.ac.uk or cerch@kcl.ac.uk with any queries about the programme.

* Centre for Computing in the Humanities: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/depts/cch

* Centre for e-Research: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/cerch/