Course Syllabus for LIS 688-001 Advanced Issues in Archival Enterprise
- Course Name, Number, and Prerequisites
- Additional Information and assignments
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Extensive readings (available from SIRLS) are to be completed before
the first face-to-face meeting of the class.
Instructor: David B. Gracy
COURSE NAME, NUMBER, AND PREREQUISITESAdvanced Issues in Archival Enterprise
LIS 688-001
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ASSIGNMENTS
ADVANCED ISSUES IN ARCHIVAL ENTERPRISE
ARCHIVAL APPRAISAL
IRLS 688-001
July, 2006
* Full citations of all readings are found on the reading list.
Monday, July 17
Morning : Ten Fundamentals of Archival Enterprise : Review concepts of archival enterprise. Read: Pugh, “What are Archives?” and “Why Keep Archives”
Afternoon : A framework for studying and historical overview of appraisal : Ham, “Archival Selection”; Boles, “Why Archivists Select” (ch. 1) and “Muddied Waters and Conflicting Currents” (ch. 2); Kolsrud, “Evolution of Basic Appraisal Principles”
Tuesday, July 18
Morning : The Pioneers : Jenkinson, Manual of Archive Administration , 136-155; Duranti “Concept of Appraisal and Archival Theory”
Afternoon : Schellenberg, The Appraisal of Modern Public Records
Wednesday, July 19
Morning : Value : Intrinsic Value in Archival Materials ; McRanor, “A Critical Analysis of Intrinsic Value”; Foote, “To Remember and Forget”; Cox, “Appraisal as an Act of Memory” (ch. 9) and “Evidence and Archives” (ch. 7) in No Innocent Deposits
Authenticity : Duranti, “Diplomatics: New Uses for an Old Science”; Park, “ Understanding ‘Authenticity' in Records and Information Management”
Afternoon : Documentation Strategy : Ham, “Archival Edge”; Ham, “Archival Choices”; Samuels, “Who Controls the Past”; Hackman, “Documentation Strategy Process”; Cox, “Documentation Strategy and Archival Appraisal”
Thursday, July 20
Morning : Functional analysis; Macro-Appraisal; and Postmodern thinking : Cook, “Mind Over Matter”; Samuels, Varsity Letters , 1-18; Horsman, “Appraisal on Wooden Shoes”; Nesmith, “Postmodern Archives”; Kelly, “The National Archives of Australia's New Approach to Appraisal”
Afternoon : Electronic Records : InterPARES Appraisal Task Force documents: “Appraisal Task Force Final Report” and “Appraisal Task Force Final Report – Models” ( http://www.interpares.org/ip1/ip1_documents.cfm?cat=aptf ); Eastwood, “Appraisal of Electronic Records: A Review of the Literature in English” ( http://www.interpares.org/display_file.cfm?doc=ip1_er_appraisal_literature_review.pdf ); Cox, “Archives and the Digital Future” in No Innocent Deposits (ch. 8)
Friday, July 21
Morning : Concept and Theory : Booms, “Society and the Formation of a Documentary Heritage”; Eastwood, “Toward a Social Theory of Appraisal”
Afternoon : Cost-Benefit Analysis : Duff, “Steadying the Weathervane: Use as a Factor in Appraisal Criteria”; Maher, “Measurement and analysis of processing costs in academic archives”; Ericksen and Shuster, “Beneficial Shocks”; Bearman, “Selection and Appraisal” ( http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/archival_methods/ )
Discussion with SAA President Richard Pearce-Moses on contemporary issues in archival enterprise and archival concepts documented in the Glossary of the SAA, which Pearce-Moses edited.
Those who wish to go are invited to join Pearce-Moses and the instructor in a pizza dinner.
Saturday, July 22
Morning Appraisal in practice : Ham, “Tools for Selection.” 51-65; Ham, “Conducting the Appraisal,” 67-74; Appraisal Policy of NARA ( http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/initiatives/appraisal.html ); Bradsher, “The FBI Records Appraisal”
Afternoon : Exercise; Review of the course
Monday, August 11 Final Exam due in Austin in hardcopy .
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COURSE POLICIES
Academic Code of Integrity
Students are expected to abide by The University of Arizona Code of Academic Integrity. 'The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own.' If you have any questions regarding what is acceptable practice under this Code, please ask an Instructor.
Accommodating Disabilities
The University has a Disability Resource Center . If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the Disability Resource Center and request that the DRC send me, the Instructor, official notification of your accommodation needs as soon as possible. Please plan to meet with me by appointment or during office hours to discuss accommodations and how my course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.
Assignment Policies
Incompletes
The 1997-8 University of Arizona General Academic Manual, p.23 reads
The grade of I may be awarded only at the end of a semester, when all but a minor portion of the course work has been satisfactorily completed. The grade of I is not to be awarded when the student is expected to repeat the course; in such a case the grade of E must be assigned. Students should make arrangements with the instructor to receive an incompete grade before the end of the semester ...
If the incomplete is not removed by the instructor within one year the I grade will revert to a failing grade.
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