Subject: Introduction to archival theory and practice
Course: Introduction to archival theory and practice
ECTS credits: 6
Language: Croatian
Duration: 1 semester
Status: compulsory elective
Method of teaching: 2 lecture hours and 1 hour of practical classes in archives
Prerequisite: none
Assessment: oral exam
Course description:
Basic terms: archives (institutions), archives (records), archival fonds, archival collection, archival service.
Document life cycle – Records continuum.
Basic archival principles: provenance, original order, organic growth principle.
Archival science – term. Archival science as a scientific discipline.
Historical development of archival science as a scientific discipline.
Subject and tasks of archival science. Division of archival science.
Records management and archival science.
Archival science and other sciences (history, law, information sciences).
Information technology and virtual archives.
Archival terminology.
Archival service and archival institutions in Croatia. Foreign archives important for Croatia.
Archival literature.
Creators of archives and archival institutions.
Course objectives:
Students are acquainted with basic principles, concepts and terminology of archival science, its development and links to related disciplines. They are acquainted with characteristics and the structure of archives. They develop the sensibility for importance and use of archives.
Quality check and success of the course: Quality check and success of the course will be done by combining internal and external evaluation. Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students using survey method at the end of semester. The external evaluation will be done by colleagues attending the course, by monitoring and assessment of the course.
Reading list:
1. J. Kolanović (ed.), Arhivski fondovi i zbirke u SFRJ. SR Hrvatska, Beograd, Savez arhivskih radnika Jugoslavije, 1984.
2. Arhivi, u: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, sv. 1, Zagreb, JLZ, 1980., str. 250-294.
3. B. Stulli, Arhivistika i arhivska služba. Studije i prilozi. Zagreb, Hrvatski državni arhiv, 1997
4. B. Stulli (ed.), Priručnik iz arhivistike, Zagreb, Hrvatski državni arhiv, 1977.
Additional reading list:
1. Arhivistički standardi i postupci Državnog arhiva Québeca, Hrvatski državni arhiv, Zagreb 1994.
2. J. Buturac - S. Bačić, Iz historije pisanog dokumenta, Zagreb, 1966., str. 22-48.
3. Keeping Archives. Editor Judith Ellis. 2. izd. 1993.
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