HIST-GA 1011

The Digital Archives course addresses the role of archivists across the life-cycle of digital archives and articulates challenges, best practices, and standards associated with the appraisal, acquisition, storage, and provision of access to digital archives. Students design basic workflows for the accession and ingest of digital archives and identify risks and threats to the successful preservation of digital archives in various file formats. The course also enumerates important considerations in institutional policies and plans related to collection development, intellectual property rights, preservation, and overall sustainability.

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Number

20056

Career

Graduate

Units

4 units

Grading

GSAS Graded

Description

The Digital Archives course addresses the role of archivists across the life-cycle of digital archives and articulates challenges, best practices, and standards associated with the appraisal, acquisition, storage, and provision of access to digital archives. Students design basic workflows for the accession and ingest of digital archives and identify risks and threats to the successful preservation of digital archives in various file formats. The course also enumerates important considerations in institutional policies and plans related to collection development, intellectual property rights, preservation, and overall sustainability.

Notes

Introduction to the theoretical and methodological issues involving archives, historical documentation, and historical resources. Focuses on the history of records and record keeping, development of archival theory, appraisal, arrangement and description, reference, legal and ethical issues, and current trends in the profession.

Instructor(s)

Lindsay Dumas Wittwer

Meets

We 4:55PM - 7:35PM

Dates

01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022

Instruction Mode

In-Person

Campus

Washington Square

Location

Washington Square

Components

Colloquium Required

Status

Open