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There are still some places left on the following accredited distance
learning course offered by the Centre for Archive and Information
Studies (CAIS) at the University of Dundee. The course is tutored by
experts and delivered online via an interactive, fully-supported,
virtual learning environment. Further details of the course are listed
below. For more details and an application form please visit
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cais/cpd/ or contact
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applications is the 30th November with courses beginning on the 17th
January.
- Management and Preservation of Digital Records (15 weeks)
Further Details:
Management and Preservation of Digital Records
- Computer science basics for recordkeeping and preservation
- Digital archiving and preservation processes: comparing digital
archiving and analogue archiving technologies
- Systems to support digital recordkeeping and preservation:
current status and limitations; the Open Archival Information System
(OAIS) standard
- Metadata standards and metadata maintenance
- Organisational and business considerations
- The future agenda: how might the management and preservation of
digital records evolve in future?
Colleagues may also be interested to note that there are still places
available on the following:
- Ethics and the International Perspective (9 weeks)
- Latin for Archivists and Researchers (9 weeks)
- Outreach and Community Archives (15 weeks)
- Preservation and Disaster Management (15 weeks)
- Scots Palaeography (15 weeks)
- Sound and Vision: Collecting, Preserving and Managing Film,
Sound and Oral History (15 weeks)
Further Details:
Ethics and the International Perspective
- Accountability, ethics and archives in society: the role and
responsibility of the archivist; archives as evidence; the role of
archives in protecting rights; accountability; social inclusion
- Legislation and archives: the regulatory environment in which
archivists operate; national and international laws and standards
- External opportunities and fundraising: fundraising; the media;
cross-domain collaboration; archive networks; archival emergencies
Latin for Archivists and Researchers
- Latin pronunciation: dictionaries; nouns and verbs; declensions
and conjugation; word order; adjectives; adverbs
- Latin-Scots words: formulary of useful phrases
- Proper names; pronouns: numbers; accusative and infinitive
constructions
- Mediaeval and later Latin: future tense, prepositions, relative
pronouns
- Latin in Scottish documents: the verb ‘to be’; passive
verbs; the ablative absolute dem, -dam, and irregular verbs
Outreach and Community Archives
- The nature and role of outreach in archives and related
professions
- Different types of outreach and promotional activities
- Community archives as organisations and as collections
- Working effectively with local groups and individuals
Preservation and Disaster Management
- Preservation theory: the principles of preservation;
understanding archival materials; threats to collections
- Preparing for action: storage and environment; archive surveys;
archive formats; identification and storage
- Preservation in practice: handling records; working with
conservators and allied professionals; digital preservation and the
creation of surrogates; special circumstances
- Risk management and business continuity: designing a disaster
plan; environmental control; identifying and understanding risks
- Preparedness; appointing a disaster team: setting priorities;
emergency operation plan; types of disaster; security; staff training
and disaster simulation
- Response and recovery: formulating systems for response and
recovery
Scots Palaeography
- Introduction to Palaeography: history, abbreviations and
languages within Scotland
- Identifying letter forms and reading and understanding different
d
ocument types
- Personal names, reckonings of time, numerals, coinage, weights
and measures
- The feudal system and feudal conveyancing
- The notary, sasine and registration
- Heritable and moveable property and family settlements
- Courts of law and civil process
Sound and Vision: Collecting, Preserving and Managing Film, Sound and
Oral History
- Historical overview: development of cinefilm; development of
video recording; sound recording; the growth and development of
specialist film and sound archives
- Origin, development and strengths and weaknesses of oral
history; conducting and managing oral history interviews
- Management and administration: collection policies; appraisal;
accessioning; cataloguing; and access in film and sound archives
- Preservation: physical characteristics of cinefilm; video
recordings; sound recordings; handling, conservation and restoration of
sound and vision media; storage; copying for preservation; data
mitigation; emergency planning and disaster recovery
Best wishes
Craig Gauld
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Dr. Craig Gauld
CAIS Administrator
Centre for Archive and Information Studies (CAIS)
School of Humanities
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
t +44 (0)1382 385543
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w www.dundee.ac.uk/cais
blog www.archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com
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