Management of Audio-Visual and Non-Textual Archives

Pre-requisites: ARST 510, ARST 515, ARST 516, ARST 520. 

Co-requisites: ARST 555

Goal: Through this elective course students will be introduced to the theoretical and methodological knowledge necessary for the management of audiovisual and non-textual archives.

Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding of the context of creation, format, and use of audiovisual and non-textual materials.
2. Demonstrate understanding of how archivists and other information professionals manage, preserve and provide access to audiovisual and non-textual materials in different environments. 3)Discuss and demonstrate understanding of the course topics listed below.

Content:

1. Performing Arts Archives;
2. Museum Archives;
3. Objects;
4. Cartographic Materials: Maps;
5. Sound Recordings;
6. Moving Images;
7. Film Archives;
8. Graphic Materials: Photographs; and,
9. Examples of Other Materials.