Week IV - Mediation and Representation

Welcome to Week 4.

Please read

1. Controlling the Past textbook, pp.257-278 (Elizabeth Yakel's essay)
2. Controlling the Past textbook, pp. 365-382 (Jimerson essay)

The respond here to the following:

1. What does Yakel understand by archival 'representation'? In what sense is this an 'active' role? 
2. In what sense do archivists control the past, according to Jimerson? And why are there ethical consequences of this responsibility?

I'll post the Research Paper Assignment later this week. Hopefully you have a topic in mind by now!

~Aaron

Week III Reading:

Welcome to Week 3!

The reading this week examines 'documentation work' and the nature of 'documentation.'

 Please read the following:

• Introduction and Chapter 1 in course textbook: Controlling the Past: Documenting Society and Institutions
•  Michael Buckland, "A Brief Biography of Suzanne Briet" :  http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/Brietaut2.pdf
•  Michael Buckland, "What is a Document?" : http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/whatdoc.html

The reply to the following question: Based on your reading about the ideas of Briet and Samuels, what is the nature and purpose of documentation work-- i.e. what are archivist doing in documenting events, moments, history, places, etc.? 

Make your decision about your research paper topic in the next week or two.  I'll provided a Rubric and Assignment Guidelines next week.

Best,
Aaron

Week III Reading:

Welcome to Week 3!

The reading this week examines 'documentation work' and the nature of 'documentation.'

 Please read the following:

• Introduction and Chapter 1 in course textbook: Controlling the Past: Documenting Society and Institutions
•  Michael Buckland, "A Brief Biography of Suzanne Briet" :  http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/Brietaut2.pdf
•  Michael Buckland, "What is a Document?" : http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/whatdoc.html

Make your decision about your research paper topic in the next week or two.  I'll provided a Rubric and Assignment Guidelines next week.

Best,
Aaron

Zotero research manager application & the SAA Website

Here is the link to Zotero: https://www.zotero.org/

And to the SAA: http://www2.archivists.org/

Reading for Week II: on Information Literacy

Reading #1. Definitions of Information Literacy: http://www.informationliteracy.org.uk/definitions/definitions-of-il/

#2 Information literacy standards: http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency

Respond to the following: What is information literacy? What are is components/elements? And why is it valuable to a thinking person?

Week 1 Reading

Welcome to the class, everyone. It was nice to meet you today. This weeks reading in Jimerson, pp. 1-46. Then reply on the blog in 2-3 original paragraphs describing your pre-understanding of archivists and archival work (i.e. your understanding upon starting this class), and the most interesting or surprising thing you discovered in the reading this week. I'll post the other links I mentioned today shortly. ~ATR