Student Work in Archivistics : Public Archives

lhist9532  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

Student Work in Archivistics : Public Archives
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
90.0 h
Teacher(s)
François Aurore (coordinator);
Language
French
Content
According to the actuality and possibilities of the integrated service, the student will carry out or participate in the realization of potentially diverse tasks :
  •     evaluation, collection, acquisition of an archive fonds
  •     visit to a production department (for example, as part of training or an inspection audit)
  •     intellectual (and possibly material) treatment of a fonds
  •     participation in missions to enhance the value of the patrimony
  •     participation in welcoming and advising visitors
Teaching methods

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

The student will work in a public archives service and will benefit from the supervision of his or her internship supervisor (an archivist by training and by profession).
Evaluation methods

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

Depending on the general satisfaction of the company tutor, the student will submit a brief report (4-5 pages) and will make an oral presentation.
The content covered will include :
  •     a detailed analysis of the service: its framework, its missions, its functioning, etc.
  •     a critical and reflexive description of the tasks he has carried out or observed (analysis and diagnosis, proposal of possible alternatives)
  •     a reflection on the contributions of his training as a historian/archivist to professional practice
Faculty or entity
HIST


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in History