hist 4851, introduction to archival studies
resources for accessing research and scholarship in archival science and archival studies.
instructor
sara janes
contact:
li 5008, 5th floor of the chancellor paterson library.
email me for an appointment: sjanes1@lakeheadu.ca
email me for an appointment: sjanes1@lakeheadu.ca
(807) 343-8272
other helpful libguides
- archives at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜everything you need to know to access records at our own archives.
- research in archives (thunder bay, canada, and around the world)helping you plan in-person and digital archival research at institutions locally and worldwide.
texts and references
books for which there are required readings are available electronically through the library:
- required text: archives: principles and practices, laura millar, neal-schuman publishers, 2010
- recommended: the future of archives and recordkeeping, jennie hill, ed, facet, 2011
- recommended: better off forgetting: essays on archives, public policy, and collective memory, cheryl avery & mona holmlund, eds, university of toronto press, 2010
- recommended: currents of archival thinking, terry eastwood & heather macneil, eds, libraries unlimited, 2010
more books are available at the chancellor paterson library for regular loan. some which might be of interest include:
- providing reference services for archives and manuscripts, mary jo pugh, society of american archivists, 2005
- manual for small archives, small archives committee, association of british columbia archivists, 1988
- controlling the past: documenting society and institutions, terry cook, ed, society of american archivists, 2011
- archives power: memory, accountability, and social justice, randall jimerson, society of american archivists, 2009
- archiving the unspeakable: silence, memory, and the photographic record in cambodia, michelle caswell, university of wisconsin press, 2014
- rules for archival descriptionaccess to the complete set of archival description standards.
- dictionary of archives terminologydefinitions for any of the new terms you'll encounter in class and in the readings.
- archives terminology studystackuses vocabulary from the saa dictionary, selected specifically for this class.
- dublin core metadataofficial specifications for use of the dublin core metadata elements.
course website on d2l
- hist4851 on d2llinks to readings, syllabus material, and more.