Topics in the Management of Records: The Digital Photographic Record

Pre-Requisites: ARST 500, ARST 510, ARST 515, ARST 516, ARST 520, ARST 540, ARST 573, ARST 587 for students in the Joint or stand-alone MAS program. LIBR 500, LIBR 501, LIBR 502, LIBR 503 and six additional LIBR credits for students in the stand-alone MLIS program, with a strong suggestion of taking also ARST 510.

Goal: To prepare students to manage, preserve and make accessible digital photographic records.

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

1. Link the creation and use of digital photographic records to the core functions and activities of the creator and make explicit such relationship.
2. Develop and implement strategies for managing, preserving and provide access to photographs that serve the mission of the creator and the needs of the users.
3. Present images online via search engines and exhibitions.

Topics:

1. Types of Photographs and their formats in Archival Fonds and Collections (comparison analogue & digital photographic records).
2. Appraisal & Selection of Photographs (the relationship between analogue & digital photographic records).
3. Arrangement of Photographs (the special requirements of digital photographic records with respect to the analogue).
4. Description at the aggregate and item levels (the difference between analogue & digital photographic records).
5. Selection and Preservation (comparison between analogue & digital photographic records).
6. Access to Born Digital Images g.Legal and Ethical Issues.