ILM1620 - ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT: ARCHIVE SERVICES

Module Identifier	ILM1620
Module Title	ARCHIVE MANAGEMENT: ARCHIVE SERVICES
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Ms Mary E Ellis
Semester	Semester 1
Assessment	Semester Assessment	report 2,500-3,000 words	50%
	Semester Assessment	report 2,500-3,000 words	50%

Learning outcomes

After completing this module you should be able to;

define the nature of archives
list the major considerations to be taken into account in planning, designing and managing an archive building;
discuss archive preservation and conservation management;
discuss issues associated with access and outreach;
describe the current government policy and initiatives towards archives

Brief description

This module is inetended 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 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
Core texts.
British Standards Institution. (2000) BS 5454 British Standards 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. 3rd. London: HMC
Kitching, Christopher, Hugh Edgar and Milford I. (2001) PD0024: 2001 Archival Documents: Guide to the Interpretation of BS5454: 2000: Storage and Exhibition of Archival Documents. London: British Standard Institution
Kitching, C. (1993) Archive Buildings in the United Kingdom 1977-92. London: HMSO
Jenkinson, H. (1965) Manual of Archive Administration. 2nd. London: Lund Humphries
Schellenberg. T.R. (1956) Modern Archives, Principles and Techniques. Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire

Journals
Archives (British Records Association).
Archivaria.
Archives and Manuscripts.
Archives and Museum Informatics.
Archivum.
Business Archives (British Archives Council).
Journal of the Society of Archivists.
National Preservation Office Journal.
American Archivist.