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Museum Archives

University of Pittsburgh
Dept. Code: 
LIS
Course Number: 
2225
Course Credits: 
3
Course Format: 
Lecture and Online
Offered Online: 
Yes

Overview of the evolution of the purposes of museums; history and development of museum record-keeping systems, with particular emphasis on changes in those systems in transition from paper-based to electronic records, use of functional analysis to identify principle functions of museums and to guide the appraisal of records that document those functions.