Module Identifier DSM3420  
Module Title ARCHIVE MANAGMENT: MANAGEMENT OF ARCHIVE SERVICES  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Ms Mary E Ellis  
Semester Available all semesters  
Assessment Semester Assessment   Report approximately 2,500 - 3,000 words   50%  
  Semester Assessment   Report approximatley 2,500 -3,000 words   50%  

Learning outcomes

After completing this module students should be able to:

Brief description

This module is intended to introduce you to the nature of archives, to the history and development of the pattern of archive keeping in the UK, and to the current legislative and strategic frame within which archive services operate. It also considers the issues associated with the design and management of archive buildings and storage, preservation, conservation and access which taken together constitute the ‘physical defence’ of archives.

Reading Lists

Books
** Essential Reading
British Standards Institution. (2000) BS 5454 British Standard Recommendations for Storage and Exhibition of Archival Documents. London : BSI
Ellis, J (ed). (1993) Keeping Archives. 2nd. Port Melbourne: Thorpe in association with the Australian Society of Archivists
Historical Manuscripts Commission. (2001) Standard for Record Repositories. Available electronically at : http://www.hmc.gov.uk/pubs/standard.htm. 3rd. London: HMC
Kitching, Christopher, Hugh Edgar and Ian Milford. (2001) PD 0024: 2001 Archival Documents: Guide to the Interpretation of BS 5454 : 2000 Storage and Exhibition of Archival Documents. London : British Standard Institution
** Recommended Consultation
Kitching, C.. (1993) Archive Buildings in the United Kingdom 1977-92. London : HMSO
** Essential Reading
Jenkinson, H.. (1965) Manual of Archive Administration. 2nd. London : Lund Humphries 1965 (1966 printing)
Schellenberg, T.T.. (1956) Modern Archives, Principles and Techniques. Melbourne : F.W. Cheshire