Building a virtual archives and preservation curriculum laboratory at Simmons GSLIS

Bastian, Jeannette A.; Plum, Terry

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“…Citing multiple examples of work projects they feel unprepared to undertake, these responses indicate a clarion call for more hands‐on, practical work with technology, rather than theoretical discussions or brief demonstrations of software. This finding challenges the previous digital curation literature in which faculty claim students are doing an appropriate amount of hands‐on or practical work (Bastian et al, 2010; Harvey & Bastian, 2012; Kelly et al, 2013; Kim et al, 2011; Mayernik et al, 2015; Moen et al, 2012; Pratt‐SILS et al, 2013; Yakel et al, 2009, 2011).…”

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Nailing Jelly to the Wall: Teaching Technology in North American Graduate Archival Education Programs

Poole

Todd-Diaz

2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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This exploratory mixed‐methods case study relies on semistructured interviews with tenure‐track faculty members from North American graduate archival programs and a survey of North American graduate students and early career professionals to explore how archival education programs incorporate technology. We asked faculty members not only about the technologies they currently teach, but also their curriculum priorities, topical wish lists, and future challenges to and changes in archival education. We asked students and early career professionals whether they wished their graduate program had better prepared them technologically. Findings revealed that although both groups saw technology and digital curation as current and future areas of priority, students and early career professionals felt ill‐equipped to engage with technology in practice. We discuss the implications of these findings in light of the previous literature and adumbrate opportunities for future research.

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Nailing Jelly to the Wall: Teaching Technology in North American Graduate Archival Education Programs

Poole

Todd-Diaz

2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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“…Digital curation even seemed a potential locus for archival education (Cox 2012 ). Sundry graduate education initiatives, though often funded short-term and by soft-money, attested to this optimism (Anderson et al 2011 ; Bastian et al 2010 , 2011 ; Botticelli et al 2011 ; Fulton et al 2011 ; Galloway 2011 ; Gregory and Guss 2011 ; Harvey and Bastian 2012 ; Kelly et al 2013 ; Kim et al 2011 ; Lee 2009 ; Lyon and Brenner 2015 ; Mayernik et al 2015 ; Moen et al 2012 ; Palmer et al 2008 ; Renear et al 2009 ; Yakel et al 2011 ).…”

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‘I’m not a very good visionary’: challenge and change in twenty-first century North American archival education

Poole

Todd-Diaz

2022

Arch Sci

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Since the founding of the National Archives (1934) and the Society of American Archivists (1936), archival scholars, educators, and practitioners have discussed and debated the challenges of and future directions for graduate archival education. This exploratory qualitative case study uses semistructured interviews with 33 tenure-track and tenured faculty members from North American graduate archival programs to explore the most pressing issues facing archival education in the twenty-first century. Showing both continuity and change, findings extend and enrich the literature regarding faculty, curriculum, interdisciplinarity and collaboration, DEI, technology, and sustainability.

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“…Some research projects for education models have been conducted with practitioner partners. 38 Bastian et al suggested that collaboration can be used particularly effectively for archival arrangement and description practices, especially for digital content and electronic records management. They envisage that practitioner partners will provide expertise in digital practices in support of a well-developed and tested syllabus.…”

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“…They envisage that practitioner partners will provide expertise in digital practices in support of a well-developed and tested syllabus. 39 In addition to well-structured internships, individual advisement and nurturing by both instructors and practitioners are also important in the process of collaboration. Among many factors that contribute to a successful internship, Bastian found that students consider the repository supervisor the most influential.…”

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Collaborative Education between Classroom and Workplace for Archival Arrangement and Description: Aiming for Sustainable Professional Education

Sinn¹

2013

The American Archivist

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The literature on archival education contains few empirical studies about how future professionals are educated in practice. Practical components in archival education can provide students not only with training opportunities for entry-level qualification but also (and more importantly) with different types of learning experiences that may last throughout their professional lives. This article looks at the practical component in the archival curriculum based upon a case study of the Archival Representation course at the University at Albany (State University of New York). This course uses actual collections from nearby archives in semester-long projects. The collaboration between classroom and workplace was initiated to enhance the students' learning experience. This study explores how professional knowledge is materialized and applied through practical archival processing projects. Specifically, it investigates (1) the major effects of project-based learning and how students and archivists perceive them; (2) the requirements necessary to make the collaboration a planned learning experience for students; and (3) the factors that can promote sustainable professional education through project-based learning. To address these areas, the study analyzed course evaluations, an online survey of students, and interviews with archivists. This article reports the benefits and challenges of project-based learning and suggests some elements important for creating a successful collaboration.© Donghee Sinn.

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Building a virtual archives and preservation curriculum laboratory at Simmons GSLIS

Cited by 5 publications

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Nailing Jelly to the Wall: Teaching Technology in North American Graduate Archival Education Programs

Nailing Jelly to the Wall: Teaching Technology in North American Graduate Archival Education Programs

‘I’m not a very good visionary’: challenge and change in twenty-first century North American archival education

Collaborative Education between Classroom and Workplace for Archival Arrangement and Description: Aiming for Sustainable Professional Education

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