Description and Communication of Archival Information I
Code
722051238
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
4
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The goal of this course is to provide students with the theoretical and methodological knowledge necessary for the assessment, the planning and the setting up of archival information description and indexing policies, instruments and programs, as well as for the creation and maintenance of adequate finding aid tools.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Introduction
Part I Description
1.Object
2.Functions
3.Principles
4.Elements
5.Levels
6.Instances
7.Agents
8.Systems and tools
9.Rules and formats
10.Policies and strategies
11.Quality assessment
Part II Indexing
1.Object
2.Functions
3.Principles and rules
4.Methodologies
5.Vocabularies
6. Policies and strategies
7. Quality assessment
Part III Finding aid tools
Bibliography
AITCHISON, Jean, GILCHRIST, Alan, BAWDEN, David. Thesaurus construction and use: a pratical manual. 3ª ed. London: ASLIB, 1997
International Council on Archives. Committee on Descriptive Standards. Guidelines for the Preparation and Presentation of Finding Aids. 2001. Disponível na WWW. Modo de acesso URL: http://www.icacds.org.uk/eng/findingaids.htm
International Council on Archives. ISAAR (CPF): international standard archival authority record for corporate bodies, persons and families. 2004. Disponível na WWW. Modo de acesso URL: http://www.ica.org/sites/default/files/ISAAR2EN.pdf;
International Council on Archives. ISAD(G): general international standard archival description. 2ª ed. 1999. Disponível na WWW. Modo de acesso URL: http://www.ica.org/sites/default/files/isad_g_2e.pdf
International Council on Archives. Committee on Best Practices and Standards. ISDIAH: International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings. London: International Council on Archives, 2008. Modo de acesso URL: http://www.ica.org/sites/default/files/ISDIAH%20Eng_0.pdf
PORTUGAL. Direcção-Geral de Arquivos. Programa de Normalização da Descrição em Arquivo; Grupo de Trabalho de Normalização da Descrição em Arquivo. Orientações para a Descrição Arquivística. 2ª versão. Lisboa: DGQAR, 2007. Disponível na WWW. Modo de acesso URL: http://www.dgarq.gov.pt/files/2008/10/oda1-2-3.pdf
Teaching method
Lectures and presentations
Evaluation method
1. Archival description and indexing assignment.
2. Critical analysis of another students description and indexing assignment.