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Palmer School of Library and Information Science

LIS 714: "Archives and Manuscripts"

Fall 2015Syllabus: Final

Course Description

Identification, preservation, and use of archival materials. Emphasis on the organization

and administration of archival collections and departments of archives in various types of institutions.

Palmer School Program Goal and Student Learning Outcome (SLO)Addressed by this Course

Program Goal Student Learning

Outcome (SLO)

Activity Used

to Assess

Method of

Assessment

Goal 2: Utilize a broadrange of approaches,

systems, and technologies

to manage and deliverinformation

2a. Use professionalstandards to manage and

deliver information

resources in a variety offormats

Final Eam !ubric

Goal ": #taff, manageand lead libraries and

information organizations

of all types

"b. Eplain and apply principles and practices of

management and

leadership

Final Eam !ubric

Course Readings

$he tetboo% for the course is: Gregory #. &unter, Developing and Maintaining Practical

Archives, #econd Edition '(e) *or%: (eal+#chuman, 2-. $he chapters in this boo% )ill serve as the /lectures0 for the course

$he boo% is available from the #ociety of 1merican 1rchivists in hicago at -32+44+

522 or 644+522+5676 '))).archivists.org. #11 offers a student membership thatincludes discounts on publications.

1dditional readings are available through the on+line version of The American Archivist .If you login to the 8ournal through the 9IU 9ibrary ebsite, you )ill have full+tet access

to the most current issues of the 8ournal.

Additional Course Details

In addition to the #tudent 9earning ;utcome '#9; identified above, the course )ill do

the follo)ing:



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• <a%e clear the similarities and differences among librarians, archivists, and records

managers.

• =resent the basic s%ills re>uired of an archivist or curator of manuscripts.

• !evie) and discuss %ey articles in the archival literature

$he class )ill be composed of both /theory0 and /practice.0 #ince archival managementis as much an art as a science, it is important to be able to apply the theory to real+life

situations. ?uring class time there usually there )ill be a brief revie) of the tetboo%,

follo)ed by a number of case studies, discussion problems, or eercises.

@eginning )ith ee% ", students must submit a summary of each assigned articles 'not

the tetboo%. $he summaries should include the authorAs main points and )hy thearticle is important for archival management. $he summary of each article should be

approimately 27 )ords in length.

$he final eamination )ill be distributed t)o )ee%s before the end of the semester. $his)ill give you a chance to as% me >uestions about the eam and still have enough time to

complete it.

I have established a @lac%board site for the course. 1ll assignments must be submitted

electronically though the @lac%board site. I )ill grade the assignments electronically as

)ell. I )ill not accept papers by regular email.

@lac%board is available at http:BBblac%board.liu.edu. #upport is available at

http:BBcsi.liu.eduB or by contacting the ;ffice of Information $echnology at 734+2CC+-C45.

;n @lac%board I also have established a discussion group 'called a /forum0 in@lac%board titled /1rchives in the (e)s.0 1s you go through your day, you )ill find

references to archival records in a range of media, everything from print to electronic. 1syou find these references, post them to our discussion board so )e all can loo% at them.

*ou also should comment on one anotherAs posts.

1ll assignments must be typed. =lease use a 32+point font, double+spaced, no s%ipped

lines bet)een paragraphs, and )ith a one+inch margin on all sides. I consider deadlines

to be important. $herefore any assignment that is late )ill be penalized one grade 'an

/10 )ill become a /@D,0 a /@D0 )ill become a /@,0 etc. Eceptions )ill be grantedonly in cases of medical or other emergencies.

$he course grade )ill be determined as follo)s:

• ritten summaries of readings: -

• lass discussions and participation: 3

• 1rchives in the (e)s: 3

• $a%e+home final eamination: 7.



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9etter grades )ill be determined as follo)s:

1 C"+31+ C+C-

@D 64+6C

@ 62+67@+ 56+63

D 5"+55

5+5-+ 47+4C

State Education Department Reuirement! "#$ %ours

Activity Hours

lass <eetings. 3" )ee%s 2 hours 26

$etboo%: 3- chapters 2 hoursBchapter 24

#upplemental !eadings: 3- )ee%s - hoursB)ee% -Critten #ummaries: 3 )ee%s - hoursB)ee% -

;nline ?iscussion, /1rchives in the (e)s:0 3- )ee%s 3 hourB)ee% 3-

Final Eam: 2 )ee%s 3 hoursB)ee% 2

374

Contact &n'ormationO''ice %ours

(ame: Gregory #. &unter, =h.?., 1, !<

E+mail: ghunterliu.edu;ffice $elephone: 734+2CC+2353

;ffice Fa: 734+2CC+"346;ffice 9ocation: @. ?avis #ch)artz <emorial 9ibrary, !oom --6 'second floor

(*U @obst 9ibrary, =almer #chool ;ffice

;ffice &ours: 9IU =ost: $uesday, -:+7:

<anhattan: ednesday, -:+":- p.m.

College o' Education &n'ormation and *echnology (CE&*) Policies

Email Policy

ampus+based email addresses 'i.e., Husernameliu.eduJ Husername.my.liu.edu are

the EI$+accepted addresses for all EI$ communication, including communication bet)een faculty and students related to all courses and communication bet)een the

?eanAs ;ffice and faculty, students, and staff. Faculty, staff, and students )ill use only

9IU email addresses for all 9IU 'including EI$ email communication. 1ll emails tostudents, faculty, and staff are sent to their campus+based email addresses. EI$

communication received from non+campus based email may not receive prompt attention

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



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nor )ill such communication be considered /official.0 $his is consistent )ith federal

regulations embedded in FE!=1.

ncom!lete Policy

1s described in the 9IU Incomplete Grade 1greement, an Incomplete grade is assigned/)hen, due to etenuating circumstances, a student needs additional time to complete acourse.0 $hus, students must submit a )ritten re>uest, )ith appropriate documentation 'e.g.,

doctorAs note to the appropriate faculty member, chairperson, and dean for the Incomplete.

If the re>uest is approved, the professor )ill assign the Incomplete grade as per the policiesof 9IU =ost.

Attendance Policy

!egular class attendance is epected. If you miss 2 or more class sessions, there may be aneffect on your grade.

Academic ntegrity

1cademic integrity is vital to student learning and gro)th. Kiolations of academic

integrity include plagiarism, cheating, and other similar actions. #tudents )hose )or%

does not fulfill the epectations of academic integrity may have sanctions imposed.=lease see the student handboo%:

http:BB))).liunet.eduB=ostB#tudent9ifeB#ervicesB#tudent+onduct. $he handboo%

outlines academic integrity as )ell as possible sanctions and the appeal process.

"isa#ilities Su!!ort Policy

1s per the 9IU =ost catalog, students )ith disabilities )ho desire accommodations mustsubmit appropriate documentation of their disability to the office of ?isability #upport

#ervices '?## located in the 9earning #upport enter. =rofessional staff )ill revie) andevaluate this documentation, intervie) the student, and provide the student )ith

completed 1ccommodations Forms for presentation to the teaching faculty. ampus

departments )ill be notified, as necessary, of the need for additional accommodationsnoted in the studentAs documentation. 1ccommodations Forms must be obtained each

semester, before the semester begins. ?## files are confidential. 1ccommodations

cannot be given to students unless the appropriate document is given to the professor.



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+ee,ly Class Schedule

"ate $o!ic% &eadings and Assignments

ee% 3#eptember C

ntroduction to 'lass Overvie of Semester

ee% 2#eptember 34

Kirtual

"ifferences *eteen Archives and Li#raries +irtual ,'lass+isit- to an Archives

&unter, Gregory #. Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives

Practical Archives!" hapter 3.&am, F. Gerald. /$he 1rchival Edge.0 American Archivist AA!

-6:3 'Lanuary 3C57, 7+3-.Fleckner, John A. “Dear Mary Jane: Some Refections

on Being an Archivist.” AA !:" #$inter "%%"&, '(").

ee% -

#eptember 2-

'onducting a Survey and Starting an Archives

Practical Archives" hapter 2

9ase)icz, =aul . /Forget the =astM ;r &istory <attersM #elected

1cademic =erspectives on the #trategic Kalue of ;rganizational =asts.0 AA 56:3'#pringB#ummer 237, 7C+6-

Jo*rion, +lia-eth an /atalia Fern0ne.12olla-orations -et3een 4ri-al an /ontri-al5rganiations: S6ggeste Best 7ractices 8orSharing +9ertise, 26lt6ral Reso6rces, an;no3lege.1 AA <':" #Sring=S6mmer >?"&,"%>(>)<.

ee% "#eptember -

Selection and A!!raisal Article &evie ./ "ue

Practical Archives" hapter -

@ec%er, ?evin and ollier (ogues. /#aving+;ver, ;ver+#aving, and

the Future <ess of ritersN ?igital 1rchives: 1 #urvey !eporton the =ersonal ?igital 1rchiving =ractices of Emerging

riters.0 AA 57:2 'FallBinter 232, "62+73-.

!obyns, <arcus and Lason oolman /Institutional Functional1nalysis at (orthern <ichigan University: 1 (e) =rocess of

1ppraisal and 1rrangement of 1rchival !ecords. AA 5":3

'#pringB#ummer 233, 2"3+274.



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;ctober 5

Ac0uisitions and Accessioning Article &evie .1 "ue

Practical Archives" hapter ".

#oy%a, &eather and Eliot ilcze%. /?ocumenting the 1merican

<ilitary Eperience in the Ira> and 1fghanistan ars.0 AA

55:3 '#pringB#ummer 23", 357+2.George, hristine. /1rchives @eyond the =ale: (egotiating 9egal

and Ethical Entanglements after the @elfast =ro8ect.0 AA54:3 '#pringB#ummer 23-, "5+45.

ee% 4

;ctober 3"

Arrangement Article &evie .2 "ue

Practical Archives" hapter 7.

Greene, <ar% 1. and ?ennis <eissner. O<ore =roduct, 9ess

=rocess: !evamping $raditional 1rchival =rocessing.O AA46:2 'FallBinter 27, 26+24-.

<iller, 9arisa. /1ll $et onsidered: 1 =erspective on <ass

?igitizing and 1rchival =rocessing.0 AA 54:2 'FallBinter 23-, 723+7"3.

ee% 5;ctober 23

"escri!tion Article &evie .3 "ue


Gracy, Paren and Fran% 9ambert. /hoNs !eady to #urf the (et

aveM 1 #tudy of =erceived hallenges to Implementing (e) and !evised #tandards for 1rchival ?escription.0 AA

55:3 '#pringB#ummer 23", C4+3-2.

Qhang, Lane and ?ayne <auney. /hen 1rchival ?escription<eets ?igital ;b8ect <etadata: 1 $ypological #tudy of

?igital 1rchival !epresentation.0 AA '#pringB#ummer 23-, 35"+3C7.

ee% 6

;ctober 26Preservation Article &evie .4 "ue


$rin%aus+!andall, Gregor, Lames !eilly, and =atricia Ford. /$he

<assachusetts Eperiment: $he !ole of the Environment in

ollection =reservation.0 AA 55:3 '#pringB#ummer 23",3--+37.

;A$oole, Lames <. /;n the Idea of =ermanence.0 AA 72:3 'inter

3C6C, 3+27.



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ee% C

(ovember "

Access% &eference% and Outreach Article &evie .5 "ue

Practical Archives" hapter C.

&ager, Loshua ?. /$o 9i%e or (ot to 9i%e: Understanding and

<aimizing the Utility of 1rchival ;utreach on Faceboo%.0

AA 56:3 '#pringB#ummer 237, 36+-5.Priesberg, 1dam. /Increasing 1ccess in 3" haracters or 9ess: ;r,

hat 1re 1rchival Institutions ?oing on $)itterM0 AA 55:2'FallBinter 23", 7-"+775.

ee% 3

(ovember 33

"igital &ecords Article revie .6 "ue


illiams, Loseph 1. and Elizabeth <. @erilla. /<inutes, <igration,

and <igraines: Establishing a ?igital 1rchives at a #mallInstitution.0 AA 56:3 '#pringB#ummer 237, 6"+C7.

1rnold, $imothy and al%er #ampson. /=reserving the Koices of

!evolution: Eamining the reation and =reservation of a#ub8ect+entered ollection of $)eets from the Eighteen

?ays in Egypt.0 AA 55:2 'FallBinter 23", 73+7--.

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(ovember 36Audiovisual Archives Article &evie .7 "ue


=unzalan, !icardo. /1rchival ?iasporas: 1 Frame)or% for Understanding the ompleities and hallenges of

?ispersed =hotographic ollections.0 AA 55:2 'FallBinter

23", -24+-"CGracy, Paren. /1mbition and 1mbivalence: 1 #tudy of =rofessional

1ttitudes to)ard ?igital ?istribution of 1rchival <ovingImages.0 AA 54:2 'FallBinter 23-, -"4+-5-.

(ovember 27 8o 'lass9 $han:sgiving ;ee:

ee% 32

?ecember 2Management Article &evie .< "ue =inal E>am "istri#uted


?aines, L. Gordon, III. O!e+engineering 1rchives: @usiness =rocess<anagement '@=< and the Ruest for 1rchival Efficiency,O

AA 5":3 '#pringB#ummer 233, 32-+375.

<ariz, George, ?onne E. <crea, 9arry L &ac%man, $ony Purtz,and !andall . Limerson, O9eadership #%ills for 1rchivists,O

AA 5":3 '#pringB#ummer 233, 32+322.



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?ecember C

Professional "evelo!ment and Ethics Article &evie ./? due

Practical Archives" hapter 3-

=oole. 1le. O$he #trange areer of Lim ro) 1rchives: !ace,

#pace, and &istory in the <id+$)entieth+entury 1merican

#outh.O AA 55:3 '#pringB#ummer 23", 2-+4-.9inn, <ott. /(ot aiting for Godot: $he &istory of the 1cademy of

ertified 1rchivists and the =rofessionalization of the1rchival Field.0 AA 56:3 '#pringB#ummer 237, C4+3-2.

ee% 3"

?ecember 34

'onclusion =inal E>am "ue

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