Title: Topic 2: The Nature of Digital Resources
Course: Storage and Access of Digital Resources

Introduction

This topic will develop your knowledge of existing digital resources and the various standard file formats and media that support them. We will also look at the common application file types that we use during our daily work activities, including audio, image, and video formats, and their file extensions.

Objectives

At the end of this topic, the learner should be able to:

- identify different file formats, particularly standard formats;
- identify different media players and their associated file formats; and
- describe ways of finding and accessing digital media content.