The archives management class is a combined undergraduate and
graduate course. The two classes will be taught together but graded separately with the graduate students having an additional writing
assignment. In this class Daniel and Steve will teach the basics of the archival profession including collecting, processing, reference, electronic access, and
preservation. A typical class period will be divided between lectures and hands-on exercises and will heavily utilize the materials located
in the Special Collections & Archives Department of the Merrill-Cazier Library. Although the theory and philosophy behind archival practices
will be discussed, the emphasis will be on real-world decisions that archivist face every day. The class will include a visit to Salt Lake
City area archival institutions and the processing of a collection housed in Special Collections. Dan and Steve will teach the course but utilize
their colleagues to discuss archival specialties such as oral history and digitization.
11/20/08 Copyright and Archival Ethics.
1. Review SAA's Code of Ethics and be prepared to discuss in class.
2. Read "Recent Changes to the Copyright Law," and "Unpublished Materials, New Technologies, and Copyright,"
(Electronic Course Reserves), remember to put in hist 6840 and dav6840 to get to the folder of "Past Material." Be prepared to discuss in class.
10/23/08
1. Read: "Care of Photographs, The West: The Visual Record, History:
We're Losing It." and "Digital Preservation: A Time Bomb for Digital Libraries" (Don't sweat the "geek-talk" here, read enough to get the
general point).
(Electronic Course Reserves), Click on Past Material.
10/16/08
1. Turn in your archives evaluation (either drop it off in Special Collections or by e-mail) by 3:00 pm.
2. Turn in your revised book review in Special Collections by 3:00 pm.
10/09/08
1. Meet at the parking turn-around (due north of the library) at 11:30 p.m.
2. Review the Field Trip Questions 3. Bring a photo ID!
10/02/08
1.Read "To Remember and Forget: Archives, Memory, and Culture" by Kenneth E. Foote and be prepared to discuss
in class.
9/25/08
1. Read: "More Product: Less Process". Don't worry about the footnotes and
the charts/graphs, etc. Get the main point. (questions to follow...)
9/11/08
1. There’s a big backlog in course reserves and this week’s article has not been posted yet. Please stop by Special Collections and pick up a copy of
the article in the reading room. We’ll leave a box out on the desk marked “Archives Class.” The article is entitled “The Provenance of a profession: The
Permanence of the public archives and historical manuscripts traditions in American Archival History.” by Luke J. Gilliland-Swetland. If you recall from
last week we mentioned there are two main “branches” of archives. This article talks about the origins of these two branches and the differences and
similarities between the two. As you’re reading the article take notes on the differences between these two branches and note the different opinions
still held (and debated) by archivists today based on which “camp” they fall under.
Think of it as the Democrats and Republicans of the archives world!
2. Find an archival website and find answers to these four questions:
Does the archive have a mission statement?
What is the their collecting area?
What are their staffing levels?
What are the services provided?
