Technical Issues in Archives

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Technical issues in Archives

Catalog Description
        Explores technology issues facing archivists today, addressing technology and its uses in collection management, arrangement and description, reference, digitization, and electronic records.

Course Objectives
        By the end of the course, a student will be able to:

        Discuss formatting a digitization project
Discuss when and how to put finding aids online
Assess when it is more practical to use a traditional form of storage (like microfilm) versus develop a digital archive?
Describe the impact that technology has on archives administration. 
Describe the issues involved in technologies used in archives.
Find and evaluate resources to enable them to make sound decisions as archival administrators when determining how to maximize the use of technology within their own repositories.

Topics Covered
        Collection Management and Archives Administration: Issues
Collection Management and Archives Administration: Technology Review
Reference Services: Issues
Reference Services: Technology Review
Arrangement and Description:  Issues
Arrangement and Description: Technology Review
        Digitization: Issues
        Digitization: Technology Review
        Electronic Records: Issues
        Electronic Records: Technology Review
Technology and Its Implications into the Future