Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
15.0 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
François Aurore; Van Eeckenrode Marie; Van Eeckenrode Marie (compensates François Aurore);
Language
French
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
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | 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”.
Faculty or entity
HIST
