dc.description.abstract | Item is the syllabus for INFO 6800 Archives from the Winter 2012 semester. The course description indicated that "This course will provide an overview of the issues and practices of archival science, with an emphasis on Canadian approaches. It will consider principles of acquisition, arrangement, description, reference, and use of archival records, along with the management of archives and the relationship between archival work and other divisions of the information professions." The goal of the course was to "give students a broad understanding of the core archival functions: acquisition, accession, appraisal, arrangement, description, preservation, and access, and an appreciation for how archives fit within the wider information universe.” | en_US |