Preservation of Documentary Heritage
Code
722051381
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Formação ao Longo da Vida
Credits
10
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
General:
1) Understanding the basics while preserving cultural and heritage policy;
2) Identify the principal risk factors in the preservation of documentary heritage and recognize its effects on support and registering materials;
3) Identify the need for preservation in routine or emergency and their operational solutions;
4) Develop competence to collaborate on Conservation Plans and technical specialty;
Specific:
1) Identify problems of preservation and conservation and relate direct and / or indirect causes;
2) Contribute to the preparation of comprehensive and strategic programs within the framework of preventive conservation and risk management;
3) Answer the survey of preservation issues affecting resources in the archive, library or museum environment.
4) Interact in an interdisciplinary way in formulating solutions for the short, medium and long term.
5) Optimize research methods in the field of preservation and risk management.
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
1.PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION IN ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
Terminology, Concepts and Ethics.
Library, Archives and Museum environment: similar goals face to heritage conservation.
Collections, funds and collections - development and maintenance.
2. SAFEGUARD OF SUPPORTS AND CONTENTS IN LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS
Supports, materials, shapes and types. New digital media.
The book as a document and as an object.
Direct and indirect causes of degradation.
Mapping the physical state of documentary collections and Management Priorities
3. RISK MANAGEMENT
Extreme risks and risks of routine. Evaluation and interpretation of risk.
Preservation policies and its cross application; the impact of various organic and respective competence units.
Emergency plan.
4. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CIRCUITS
The deposit to the reading room; transfer and playback support; national and international exhibitions.
5. VALORIZATION AND CULTURAL DISSEMINATION
Concepts of value and temporality.
Bibliography
- ASHLEY-SMITH, Jonathan Risk Assessment for Object Conservation. London: Elsevier Publishers, 1999.
- CANADIAN CONSERVATION INSTITUTE Ten Agents of Deterioration [Em Linha]. Ottawa, 2011:
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/caringfor-prendresoindes/articles/10agents/index-eng.aspx
- COMECHE, Juan António. Teoría de la Información Documental y de las Instituiciones Documentales. Madrid: Editorial Sintesis, 1995. ISBN 84-7738-307-3
- GUICHEN, Gael de La Conservation Préventive: Un Changement Profond de Mentalité. Study Series ICOM-CC. [S.l]. (1996) 4-6.
- MICHALSKI, Stefan Guidelins for Humidity and Temperature in Canadian Archives. CCI Technical Bulletins. Ottawa. ISSN 0706-4152. 23 (2000)
Teaching method
Lectures followed by the presentation of PowerPoint slides and exe.learning, listing the contents according to various Preservation/Access contexts (Archives, Libraries, Museums).
Two monthly classes dedicated to addressing particular cases presented and discussed by students.
Two thematic seminars with guest speakers are planned.
The autonomy of the masters is stimulated by the distribution of topics for research outside the classroom, which are then integrated into the preservation of short, medium and long term programs.
Evaluation method
At the start of classes presentation / critical analysis of case studies and topics for independent research will be presented.
The final grade is dependent on:
1 - Continuous evaluation, focusing on the relevance of attendance and participation. It is valued thematic research and methods for its analysis demonstrated: 15%;
2 - Presentation, 25%, and critical analysis, 15% - in the room - an integrated case study in the syllabus;
3 - Autonomy in research theme to integrate a particular strategic preservation plan: 40%
3.1 Possibility to combine this evaluation with the other (s) disciplines. (Pp. 10-20)
4 - Personal benchmarking test on random date: 5%;
Examination will be done, for lack of any evaluation or justified option.