LIS 505 Special Topics: the Recordkeeping World_International Perspectives on Managing_Archives and Records
The development of archival theory and practice has brought contributions from around the world. In addition, contemporary issues related to access, accountability, and memory offer plenty of examples and discussions from international archival contexts. This course introduces students to a diverse number of archival issues analyzed from an international perspective. Topics include historical developments of theory and practice in Archives and Records Management, archival solidarity, social justice, standards, and community archives. Students analyze these topics within the transnational environment offered by the collaboration between the School of Libraryand Information Science and the Department ofInformation Studies at University College London. The course is offered to students from both programs and will be co-taught by SLIS's Assistant Professor Joel A. Blanco-Rivera and Dr. Andrew Flinn from UCL.