Digital Information & Asset Management

The programme provides an advanced level of theoretical knowledge and practical training to equip students to create, curate, and manage the digital information and media assets of organisations across the public and private sectors. Students develop core understanding and competencies focused on international best practice and skills to deal with the challenges of digital information and knowledge management.

KEY BENEFITS

• This unique programme offers students an unparalleled opportunity to study at two world leading institutions: Humboldt University is the only higher education institution in Germany to teach information science, while the Department of Digital Humanities is a prime institution to learn about the intellectual and technical exploitation of digital resources. Students will gain a rich and varied educational, social and cultural experience and a joint qualification from King’s and Humboldt Universities.
• Students will study in two of Europe’s most vibrant cities spending a year in Berlin followed by a year in London. These unrivalled locations allow students to experience a variety of different cultures, and access to some of the greatest cultural heritage and arts institutions in the world. Both King’s and Humboldt have close links with a range of cultural heritage and memory institutions in London and Berlin respectively and are able to offer internship opportunities and up to the minute knowledge of the subject area.
• The tutors offer cutting edge expertise in library, archive and information science with specialist knowledge in digital technologies and processes. They come from a diverse and highly interdisciplinary background, having run digital archives or worked in the digital industries in the past.

PURPOSEThe aim of the MA in Digital Information and Asset Management is to prepare students for management and leadership roles in libraries, archives, museums and other organisations with significant volumes of digital information and knowledge. The programme responds to the increasing demand for digitally literate professionals to work in education and heritage institutions as well as wider industry by equipping students with a range of strategic, technical and practical skills to provide direction and leadership in this area.

DESCRIPTION

Digital content and digital technologies are a defining feature of our age. Digital data, information and knowledge are an asset for cultural heritage, memory institutions, industry, commerce and government. They are fundamental for research, the law and medicine. As individuals we increasingly communicate and record our lives and our memories in digital form. But digital information is fragile and complex and requires ongoing management as we seek to ensure its longevity, imagine and innovate in its use, and exploit its social, cultural and commercial value. It is a shared once-in-a-generation challenge.

This programme will provide students with the core skills, knowledge and competencies to become leaders in the rapidly expanding field of managing digital information and media assets. Students will study a wide range of subjects including metadata, preservation, knowledge representation, digital libraries, ethics and rights management, new digital technologies, including cloud and crowd-sourcing technologies. Students will also have an opportunity to undertake an internship to gain workplace experience. We want students to acquire a great deal of practical knowledge, but even more we want them to develop their critical and reflective capacities, and to acquire an understanding of the inter-dependence between the developments in digital processes, technology and curatorial practice.

Students will spend a year each in two of Europe’s most vibrant cities: Berlin and London. Throughout the course, students will be provided with opportunities to engage with the rich cultural heritage of both cities with guest speakers and visits to memory and cultural institutions such as the British Library, the Southbank Centre, and the Berlin State Library experiencing all that studying in Berlin and London can offer.

Reasons you should consider the MA in Digital Information and Asset Management are:

• You will receive an outstanding education that will equip you to become a leader in the field of digital asset and information management.
• Employers are looking for skilled professionals with knowledge and expertise in managing these valuable digital assets.
• You will study in two of Europe’s most exciting cities and be provided with opportunities to engage with cultural and creative sectors in both cities.

EXTRA PROGRAMME INFORMATIONStudents spend four semesters over the course of two years on the programme: two consecutive semesters at Humboldt and two semesters at King's, beginning the programme at Humboldt in all cases.

All teaching will be in English but to gain the most from the time in Berlin, conversational German is strongly recommended.