Digital archiving

lhist2532  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

Digital archiving
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
5 credits
15.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2020-2021
Teacher(s)
François Aurore; Van Eeckenrode Marie;
Language
French
Main themes
The second part of the course will be devoted to the conceptual handling of data (selection, elimination, making inventories, etc.), to its communication, and to the demonstration of the value of this activity. 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.
 
Content
The course will cover the following content:
  •     Introduction to issues and concepts related to  digital archiving (vulnerability of the digital document, media issues, accessibility, intelligibility and authenticity of information)
  •     (Retro)digitization of documents: methods, tools and digitization strategies for different media (paper/text, sound documents, images, video, ...)
  •     inventorying in a digital context (names, techniques, tools)
  •     digital information management (life cycle of  native and non-native digital archives).
  •     the management of archival heritage (digitized or native digital)
Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Theoretical presentations supplemented, as much as possible, by an opening on fieldwork (service visits, presentations by professionals, etc.).
Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

The final score (/20) is distributed as follows :
  •     Written exam (/17)
  •     Submission of an assignment / encoding in the Atom catalog ( /3). The assignment must be submitted on the 1st day of the session. Not respecting this deadline will result in a null grade for this part.
Faculty or entity
HIST


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Information and Communication Science and Technology

Master [120] in History