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Archives and Information Science MA, Archival Theory, 7,5 higher education credits

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Syllabus:
Arkiv- och informationsvetenskap AV, Arkivteori, 7,5 hp
Archives and Information Science MA, Archival Theory, 7,5 higher education credits

General data

  • Code: AK005A
  • Subject/Main field: Archives and Information Science
  • Cycle: Second cycle
  • Credits: 7,5
  • Progressive specialization: - - -
  • Education area: Humaniora 100%
  • Answerable faculty: Faculty of Science, Technology and Media
  • Answerable department: Department of Information Technology and Media
  • Approved: 2007-05-15
  • Date of change: 2008-01-22
  • Version valid from: 2007-09-01

Selection rules and procedures

The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.

Grading system

Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.

Course reading

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Required literature

Course unit 1
  • Author: Wagland, M., & Kelly, R.
  • Title: The Series System - A Revolution in Archival Control. In S. McKemmish & M. Piggott (Eds.), The Records Continumm.
  • Edition: (1994).
  • Publisher: Clayton, Victoria: Ancora Press.
  • Author: Upward Frank
  • Title: Modelling the continuum as paradigm shift in recordkeeping and archiving processes, and beyond – a personal reflection
  • Edition: Records Management Journal vol 10, nr 3, 2000
  • Author: Upward Frank
  • Title: Structuring the Records Continuum - Part One: Postcustodial principles and properties
  • Edition: Australian Society of Archivists, vol 24 nr 2, may 1997
  • Author: Upward Frank
  • Title: Structuring the Records Continuum - Part Two: Structuration Theory and Recordkeeping
  • Edition: Archives and Manucscripts, 25 (1) 1997.
  • Author: Schellenberg, Theodor R.
  • Title: The Appraisal of Modern Public Records
  • Publisher: Bulletin of the National Archives. No 8, Washington DC, 1956 s. 237 - 278.
  • Author: Nilsson, Nils
  • Title: Arkivvetenskapens ställning, Arkiven och informationssamhället
  • Ort: Lund
  • Edition: 1976
  • Publisher: Studentlitteratur
  • Author: McKemmish, S.
  • Title: Are Records ever Actual? In S. McKemmish & M. Piggott (Eds.), The Records Continuum: Ian Maclean and Australian Archives First Fifty Years. Clayton:
  • Edition: Ancora Press in association with Australian Archives. (1994).
  • Author: McKemmish, M. Piggott, B. Reed & F. Upward (Eds.)
  • Title: Archives: Recordkeeping in Society,
  • Ort: Wagga Wagga
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Charles Sturt University, Centre for Information Studies
  • Author: Kolsrud, Ole,
  • Title: Arkivgallring i internationellt perspektiv.I
  • Edition: Arkiv i Norrland 15, 1996
  • Author: Kolsrud, Ole,
  • Title: The Evolution of Basic Appraisal Principles. I
  • Edition: American Archivist Vol 55, Nr 1 1992
  • Author: Hänström, K
  • Title: Arkivparadigmens förändring –revolution eller evolution inom arkivområdet?
  • Edition: D-uppsats, Mittuniversitetet 2005.
  • Author: Fredriksson, B
  • Title: Vad skall vi bevara? Arkivgallringens teori, metod och empiri
  • Edition: Arkiv, Samhälle och Forskning, 2002:2 (2003)
  • Author: Eastwood, T.
  • Title: What is Archival Theory and Why is it Important?
  • Publisher: 1994 Archivaria (37)
  • Author: Duranti, L
  • Title: “Archives as a place
  • Edition: Archives & Social Studies: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Vol. 1, no. 0 (March 2007)
  • Author: Cunningham, A, Oswald, R
  • Title: “Some Functions are More Equal than Others: The Development of a Macroappraisal Strategy for the National Archives of Australia”
  • Edition: Archival Science (2005) 5: 163–184
  • Author: Cook, T.
  • Title: Archival science and postmodernism: new formulations for old Concepts
  • Edition: Archival Science 1: 3–24 (2001)
  • Author: Cook Terry
  • Title: Macroappraisal in Theory and Practice: Origins, Characteristics, and Implementation in Canada, 1950–2000
  • Edition: Archival Science (2005) 5: 101–161
  • Author: Cook Terry
  • Title: What is Past is Prologue: A History of Archival Ideas Since 1898, and the Future Paradigm Shift,
  • Edition: Archivaria 43, 1997
  • Title: Fler artiklar kan tillkomma
  • Title: The principle of provenance. Report from the First Stockholm Conference on Archival Theory and the Principle of Provenance
  • Ort: Stockholm 1994
  • Edition: 2-3 September 1993
  • Publisher: Riksarkivet,

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