Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
M-STO/08 (LIBRARY MANAGEMENT)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Curriculum
Lettere moderne
Period
1st semester (27/09/2021 - 23/12/2021)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
No particular prerequisites are required, knowledge of Italian history from the end of the eighteenth
century to the endwhole of the twentieth century will be is expected.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student must know the structure of the archives and recognize the
operations of each phase of the archive's life.
Course contents
The course deals with the basic topics of the archive knowledge, with reference to
theoretical principles, legal aspects and management elements. The archive is observed in its diversified
images, including formation, structuring, deposit phase
and the final one, when the concept of permanent conservation sets the archival material in an
innovative context with reference to the precedent phases.
Teaching methods
Lectures. The lectures will be accompanied by one or more visits to the archives in order to go beyond the
theoretical knowledge of the concepts exposed during classroom lessons.
Reccomended or required readings
F. Valacchi, Diventare archivisti, Ed. Bibliografica, 2015
L. Roselli, Gli archivi dispersi. Il Centro manoscritti di Pavia, in «Archivi», VIII n. 2 (luglio- dicembre 2013), p. 153-165.
L. Roselli, Bambini abbandonati e bambini in custodia. Due fonti per l'assistenza all'infanzia nella Pavia dell'Ottocento, in «Archivi», XI n. 2 (luglio-dicembre 2016), p. 33-48.
P. G. Weston, E. Carbè, P. Baldini, Se i bit non bastano: pratiche di conservazione del contesto di origine per gli archivi letterari nativi digitali, in «Bibliothecae.it», 6 (2017).
Assessment methods
Oral exam. For attending students, the evaluation of the exam will focus on the knowledge of the topics
covered in class and on the referenced bibliography. The evaluation will take into account the
personal contribution and insights voluntarily performed by each students during the
course. For non-attending students, evaluation will be reference to the
bibliography.
Further information
The course aims to provide the tools and methodology to orient oneself in the archives
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