Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Create item, series and fonds level descriptions in line with current international standards;
Describe and arrange a collection of archival material in both textual and non-textual formats;
Create authority records in line with current international standards;
Demonstrate familiarity with archival cataloguing software ;
Appreciate the significance of archival theory to the practice of representation.
Indicative Module Content:
The module will cover the following broad areas; Week 1; Introduction to Archival Representation; Week 2 Thinking about Standards; Week 3 Planning a Descriptive Project - practical considerations; Week 4 and 5: Arrangement, Coding and Numbering; Week 6 Indexing and Creating Authority Records; Week 7: Reading Week; Week 8: Getting Archives Online; Week 9: Introduction to Open Source Software; Week 10: Introduction to Commercial Software; Week 11 Describing and Arranging visual and oral material; Week 12 Macro level considerations - alternative approaches to description and arrangement.