Archival principles

LHIST2531  2016-2017  Louvain-la-Neuve

Archival principles
5.0 credits
15.0 h
1q

This biannual course is taught on years 2015-2016, 2017-2018, ....

Teacher(s)
François Aurore ;
Language
Français
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Main themes

The first part of the course will be devoted to fundamental notions of archivistics and problems with the conservation of documents (archive storage, material restoration, etc.). In-service visits to archives, meetings with archivists, and a series of lectures will round off and detail particular points of instruction.

Aims

Archivistics is a scientific discipline dealing with conservation, management, and proper use of archives, in whatever medium or format.

Instruction will concern first terminology current in the field, and general principles, including technical and legal problems with preservation of data (problems inherent in new technologies of information and communication), questions of selection and elimination, of description and classification of catalogued items for permanent conservation, creation of research instruments (catalogues, inventories, guides, etc.), and the communication of this heritage and demonstration of its value to the larger society.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
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Aims
Master [120] in Information and Communication Science and Technology
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Master [120] in History
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