Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should be able:
To understand the key theoretical approaches to the appraisal of analogue and digital archives
Evaluate the relative merits of applying different appraisal strategies in practice
Demonstrate familiarity with and be able to formulate a collection development policy
Manage the acquisition and accessioning of analogue and digital archives from donors
Indicative Module Content:
Week 1: Introduction appraisal in theory and practice; Week 2; Jenkinson and Evidence; Week 3 Schellenberg and Use based approaches; Week 4 Documenting Society Hans Booms and Helen Samuels; Week 5 Thinking about functional analysis; Week 6: Macroappraisal; Week 7 Guest Lecture/ Site Visit; Week 8 Community and Participatory Approaches; Week 9 Steps in Acquisition; Week 10 Accessioning analogue and digital materail; Week 11 Deaccessioning ; Guest Lecture.