Digital Library Management and Administration Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply digital library management principles to plan, implement, and evaluate digital library services.
• Analyze the legal, ethical, and security issues related to digital content and implement appropriate policies.
• Design user-centric digital library interfaces and services to enhance accessibility and user experience.
• Implement metadata standards and taxonomies to ensure effective organization and retrieval of digital resources.
• Demonstrate the use of digital preservation strategies to ensure long-term access to digital collections.
• Evaluate digital library technologies and systems to recommend improvements and ensure sustainability.

Target Audience

This course is designed for library managers, librarians, information officers, records managers, and other professionals responsible for developing, maintaining, or overseeing digital library services in corporate, academic, or public settings.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience with digital library systems, metadata creation, and policy development. Learners will engage in simulated projects to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, enhancing their readiness for digital library management.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Digitisation and Metadata Creation — Learners will digitise a sample document using scanners and create metadata records in a standard format (Dublin Core) using a metadata editor. (4h)
• Practical 2: Setting Up a Digital Library Platform — In small groups, learners will install and configure an open-source digital library system (e.g., DSpace), upload sample items, and customise basic settings. (4h)
• Practical 3: Developing a Digital Library Policy — Learners will draft a digital library policy document covering collection development, access, copyright, and preservation, and present it to peers for feedback. (4h)
• Practical 4: Strategic Planning Simulation — Teams will create a strategic plan for a hypothetical digital library, including mission, goals, resource allocation, and performance indicators, and present it to a panel. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	40% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.