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ARST 545: Advanced Arrangement & Description Of Archival Documents (3) -- Course Description
[PREVIOUSLY: ARST 593E – Advanced Arrangement and Description of Archival Documents
PREREQUISITES:
MAS and Dual Students: completion of MAS core plus 12 credits of which 6 credits must be ARST courses
MLIS students: ARST 510, ARST 516 and completion of the MLIS core courses, plus permission of the SLAIS Graduate Adviser
GOALS: The goal of this course is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of classical and contemporary theories, methodologies, and models for arranging, describing, and providing access to archival documents.
OBJECTIVES:- To deepen students' understanding of the classical literature concerning the arrangement of archival documents and contemporary interpretations of that literature.
- To familiarize students with various perspectives concerning the nature and purpose of archival description in the twenty-first century.
- To introduce students to some proposed models for enhancing provenance-based access points to archival descriptions.
CONTENT :
- classical and contemporary theories of archival arrangement
- fonds and series based approaches to archival arrangement
- arrangement and description in the context of personal papers
- postmodern perspectives on archival description
- archival description and authenticity
- name authority control for persons and corporate bodies
- provenance and pertinence based approaches to archival subject indexing
