ADVANCED SEMINAR IN ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT

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1 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN ARCHIVES AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT Histry 538 Syllabus, Fall 2010 Rand Jimersn Bnd Hall 324 Office hurs: MTu 10:00-11: (W) (H) COURSE OBJECTIVES: This curse prvides an pprtunity t return t the classrm after cmpletin f yur internship, and t explre issues and cncerns raised during the internship. In rder t prepare yu fr wrk in the prfessin, this seminar fcuses largely n managerial issues and cncerns. Archivists and recrds managers ften find themselves acting in a managerial capacity, due t the small staff size in many institutins. Even in larger rganizatins, thugh, archivists and recrds managers need t understand the institutinal structure and culture f their emplyers. The seminar als prvides pprtunity t explre further sme imprtant theretical and practical issues in archives and recrds management. COURSE COMPONENTS: Required Readings: Assigned articles will be available in the Histry Department resurces rm, fr reading r cpying. The fllwing bks shuld be rdered r purchased directly by students. (Several are available thrugh SAA). Nte which f the last tw titles yu are assigned. Peter F. Drucker, Managing the Nn-prfit Organizatin (New Yrk: Harper, 1990). Michael Kurtz, Managing Archival and Manuscripts Repsitries (SAA, 2004). Bruce Dearstyne, ed., Leading and Managing Archives and Recrds Prgrams (Neal- Schuman, 2008). JAnne Yates, Cntrl Thrugh Cmmunicatin: The Rise f System in American Management (Jhns Hpkins, 1989). Francis X. Bluin Jr. and William G. Rsenberg, Archives, Dcumentatin, and Institutins f Scial Memry (University f Michigan, 2006) Randall C. Jimersn, Archives Pwer: Memry, Accuntability, and Scial Justice (SAA, 2009) [Cara, Caitlin, and Rachel read]: Jhn Seely Brwn and Paul Duguid, The Scial Life f Infrmatin (Harvard Business Schl, 2002 paperback ed.). [Kyle, Katie, Lesley, and Ellie read]: David M. Levy, Scrlling Frward (Arcade, 2001).

2 2 Open Frum: Part f mst class meetings will be set aside fr an Open Frum t discuss issues selected by class members. The frum tpic fr the first class sessin will be devted t individual reprts abut yur internship experiences. During the remainder f the curse, yu will be asked t draw n these experiences in relating management thery t specific institutinal settings. Each student will cnvene ne f the Open Frums, chsing the tpic, suggesting apprpriate (brief) readings, and leading the discussin. Tpic prpsals must be submitted by Octber 5, and readings must be listed and available at least ne week befre yur scheduled date fr the frum. Bk Review: A critical review f ne imprtant bk dealing with a significant issue relating t histry, memry, and recrdkeeping is due Nvember 8. The review shuld summarize and critically examine the bk s implicatins fr archivists and recrds managers. See class schedule fr suggested bks. Written reprts shuld be 4-5 pages, and shuld be distributed t all class members by r in hard cpy. Research Paper: Yur majr writing assignment is an riginal analytical research paper, n a tpic suitable fr a pssible master s thesis. This will be an pprtunity t explre in depth a significant issue that yu might cnsider fr yur thesis. The paper shuld examine a significant issue in archives and/r recrds management. The paper shuld be pages, with a substantial bibligraphy. A research prspectus, including a preliminary bibligraphy, is due Nvember 15. The research paper is due during the week f December 6-10, when we will meet t present ral reprts n yur papers. Grading: Yur grade fr the curse will be calculated as fllws: Bk review and reprt, 25 %; Open frum presentatin, 15 %; Research paper, 35%; Class discussin participatin, 25%. CLASS SCHEDULE: Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Histry f Archives and Recrdkeeping (Review) Read: Jimersn, Archives Pwer, Intrductin and Ch. 1-2 Student reprts n internship prjects Managing Cultural Organizatins Read: Peter F. Drucker, Managing the Nn-prfit Organizatin (New Yrk: Harper, 1990), Parts 1-3. DUE: prpsed tpics fr Student Frum Management: Missin, Gals and Planning Read: Drucker, Managing the Nn-prfit Organizatin, Parts 4-5. Kurtz, Managing Archival and Manuscripts Repsitries, ch. 1-6.

3 3 Oct. 18 Managing Archives and Recrds Prgram Resurces Read: M. Kurtz, Managing Archival and Manuscripts Repsitries, ch Bruce Dearstyne, ed., Leading and Managing Archives and Recrds Prgrams (Neal-Schuman, 2008), ch Oct. 25 Leadership in Archives and Recrds Management Read: Dearstyne, Leading and Managing Archives and Recrds Prgrams, ch Nv. 1 Organizatinal Structures and Recrdkeeping Read: JAnne Yates, Cntrl Thrugh Cmmunicatin: The Rise f System in American Management (Jhns Hpkins, 1989). [Read all chapters; students reprt n ne chapter:] Ch. 4: Ch. 5: Ch. 6: Ch. 7: Ch. 8: Eric Ketelaar, Cntrl Thrugh Cmmunicatin in a Cmparative Perspective, Archivaria 60 (Fall 2005): Nv. 8 Archives and Scial Identity Read: Francis X. Bluin Jr. and William G. Rsenberg, Archives, Dcumentatin, and Institutins f Scial Memry (University f Michigan, 2006): Carlyn Steedman, Smething She Called a Fever : Michelet, Derrida, and Dust (Or, in the Archives with Michelet and Derrida) Jennifer S. Milligan, The Prblem f Publicité in the Archives f Secnd Empire France Kathleen Marquis, Nt Dragn at the Gate but Research Partner: The Reference Archivist as Mediatr James O Tle, Between Veneratin and Lathing: Lving and Hating Dcuments Jan M. Schwartz, Recrds f Simple Truth and Precisin : Phtgraphy, Archives, and the Illusin f Cntrl Nancy Ruth Bartlett, Past Imperfect (l imparfait): Mediating Meaning in Archives f Art Eric Ketelaar, The Panptical Archive Elizabeth Yakel, Archival Representatin

4 4 [Nv. 8 cnt d] Histry, Memry and Recrds DUE: Bk review and presentatin Suggested titles: David Lwenthal, The Past Is a Freign Cuntry (1985). Michael Kammen, Mystic Chrds f Memry: The Transfrmatin f Traditin in American Culture (1991). Paul Cnnertn, Hw Scieties Remember (1989). Maurice Halbwachs, On Cllective Memry (1980; 1 st ed., 1950) Jacques LeGff, Histry and Memry (1992). Patrick H. Huttn, Histry as an Art f Memry (1993). Pierre Nra, Realms f Memry: The Cnstructin f the French Past Vl. 1 (1996). Frances A. Yates, The Art f Memry (1994). Richard White, Remembering Ahanagran (1998). Nv. 15 Archives and Memry Read: Jimersn, Archives Pwer, Ch. 3-4 Bluin and Rsenberg: Terry Ck, Remembering the Future: Appraisal f Recrds and the Rle f Archives in Cnstructing Scial Memry David Lwenthal, Archives, Heritage, and Histry Frederick Cper, Memries f Clnizatin: Cmmemratin, Preservatin, and Erasure in an African Archive Ann Laura Stler, Clnial Archives and the Arts f Gvernance: On the Cntent in the Frm Rebecca J. Sctt, The Prvincial Archive as a Place f Memry: Cnfrnting Oral and Written Surces n the Rle f Frmer Slaves in the Cuban War f Independence ( ) Laurent Dubis, Marns in the Archives: The Uses f the Past in the French Caribbean Jeannette A. Bastian, Flwers fr Hmestead: A Case Study in Archives and Cllective Memry, American Archivist 72 (Spring/ Summer 2009), DUE: research paper prspectus with bibligraphy Nv. 22 Archives and Sciety Read: Jimersn, Archives Pwer, Ch. 5-6 & Cnclusin Bluin and Rsenberg: Rbert J. Dnia, The New Masters f Memry: Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Pstcmmunist Bsnia-Herzegvina

5 5 Beatrice S. Bartlett, Qing Statesmen, Archivists, and Histrians and the Questin f Memry Serhy Yekelchyk, Archiving Heterglssia: Writing Reprts and Cntrlling Mass Culture under Stalin Jeffrey Burds, Ethnicity, Memry, and Vilence: Reflectins n Special Prblems in Sviet and East Eurpean Archives Vladimir Lapin, Hesitatins at the Dr t an Archive Catalg Bris Ananich, The Histrian and the Surce: Prblems f Reliability and Ethics Nv. 29 The Future f Archives and Recrds Read: Jhn Seely Brwn and Paul Duguid, The Scial Life f Infrmatin (Harvard Business Schl, 2002 paperback ed.); r David M. Levy, Scrlling Frward (Arcade, 2001). Michele Caswell, Instant Dcumentatin: Cell-Phne-Generated Recrds in the Archives, American Archivist 72 (Spring/Summer 2009), Mary Samuelian, Embracing Web 2.0: Archives and the Newest Generatin f Web Applicatins, American Archivist 72 (Spring/ Summer 2009), Dec (TBA) Research Paper Presentatins DUE: Research Paper