After completing this module students 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 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