Acquisition and Organisation of Archival Information
Code
722051235
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Provide students the theoretical and practical knowledge to enable it to
include:
a)The role of documents and archival information in oarrangement systems, regardless of their support;
b)The production process of archival documents and mechanisms under this act differentiator compared to other types production of documentation;
c)The archival principles and its evolution over time;
d)The theoretical foundations, methodologies and practices for the arrangement and appraisal of archival information in different historical contexts and in different archival traditions;
e)Policies and strategies for the acquisition of archival documents.
Critically analyze and develop tools for the arrangement and appraisal in order to equip the student with theoretical and practical tools to enable it to plan, analyze, design and control systems acquisition and arrangement of archival information.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1.Fundamentals
The purpose of archival
From the primary functions (evidence and inform) to the values (evidential value and informational value).
The principles of archives and their evolution over time.
2.Records production
3.The arrangement of documents and archival information:
Concept
Classification system and milestones in its evolution.
Analysis and development of classification instruments.
Socio-political models and records arrangement.
4.The appraisal of documents and archival information:
Concept.
Policies and systems.
Analysis and development of appraisal tools.
5.The acquisition of archival documents:
Policies and strategies.
Instruments.
Bibliography
ARQUIVÍSTICA: TEORIA E PRÁTICA DE UMA CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO. Porto: Afrontamento, 1999.
DLM Forum Foundation, MoReq2010®: Modular Requirements for Records Systems Volume 1: Core Services & Plug-in Modules, 2011, published online (http://moreq2010.eu/). http://www.dgarq.gov.pt/files/2008/10/egov_interoperabilidade1.pdf
LOURENÇO, Alexandra Orientações para a elaboração e aplicação de instrumentos de avaliação documental: portarias de gestão de documentos e relatórios de avaliação. Lisboa : DGARQ, 2010. 59 p. Em linha] [Consult. Fev. 2012]. Disponível em: http://dgarq.gov.pt/files/2010/11/Orientacoes-avaliacao-V1.0a.pdf
SILVA, Armando Malheiro da; RIBEIRO, Fernanda A avaliação em arquivística: reformulação teórico-prática de uma operação metodológica. Páginas a&b: arquivos & bibliotecas. Lisboa: Gabinete de Estudos a&b. ISSN 0873-5670. Vol.5 (2000), p. 57-113
SOUZA, Renato Tarciso Barbosa de Souza As bases do processo classificatório em arquivística: um debate metodológico. São Paulo. Associação de Arquivistas de São Paulo. 2002.
VIEIRA, João A arquitectura dos arquivos reflexões em torno do conceito de ordem original. Páginas A & B: Arquivos & Bibliotecas. Nº 17 (2006) p. 7-24.
Teaching method
Theoretical and practical explanation.
Case studies.
Student participation in discussion
Evaluation method
Group work with oral presentation and debate (50%):
- Report (35%)
- Presentations and Discussion (15%)
Individual written test (40%).
Performance in practical exercises (5%).
Presence (5%).