Course Instructor:
Ciaran Trace
An introduction to the principles and practice of appraisal, acquisition, preservation, reference service, and administration of institutional and collected archives (record groups) and of archival repositories. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.The objectives of this course include:
- Understand and evaluate the theory and practice of archival enterprise with regard to handling the documentation (the record) from acquisition to and through use, both in the hardcopy and digital environment
- Understand and analyze classical, contemporary and alternative/emerging models of practice (particularly as it relates to new trends with technology and the processing and management of born digital records)
- Understand and analyze these archival activities in a larger national and international context
- Arrange and describe a collection of personal papers or organizational records using appropriate standards (DACS etc)
- Demonstrate basic competence in data structure standards: MARC and Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
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