Overview

Students enrolled in LIS 438 complete 60 hours of fieldwork as an assignment embedded within the course.

Course Description

This course is intended to provide students with an introduction to the fundamentals of a wide range of archival activities and theories. Students are introduced to these through weekly readings, assignments, and exercises, as well as discussion boards (for our online students) and class discussion (for our on campus students). Topics include: the history of the profession; arrangement; description; acquisition; appraisal; reference; copyright; and ethics. Some more contemporary issues are covered, such as: social justice; community archives; collective memory; oral histories; and digital projects and electronic records.

The course also covers the various types of archival repositories and the value of historical records beyond traditional research use. We are happy to provide a full course syllabus if you are interested.

Learn more about LIS 438 through its course snapshot.

Field Experiences in LIS 438

We are primarily looking for projects where students arrange and describe a small collection or a discrete part of a larger collection, inventory materials or write item level description for all types of materials, under the supervision of a professional archivist.

Use the drop-down menu above to explore advanced field experience placements, projects, and evaluations.

Questions? Email the Field Experience Team at [email protected].