Archive and Library Systems

Code:

CINF031

Acronym:

SAB

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	42	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	2	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To understand the evolution of archives and libraries as information systems and the development of the disciplines that were in the origin of Information Science

- To characterize the different types of archives and libraries

- To acquire competencies in order to apply correctly the Quadripolar Method of research to archives and libraries’ systems, specially in what concerns the technical procedures and the presentation of research results.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, the student must be able:

- to characterize the general lines of archives and libraries systems' evolution 

- to explain the factors that were in the origin of Information Science as a scientific discipline

- to identify the technical operations related to the diferent phases of the work in archives and libraries

- to accomplish an organic-functional study of an entity that produces information and to present it in a report form

- to use informational flow evaluation models

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Although it is not indispensable the historical knowledge about the social, economic, political and cultural evolution, in global terms and particularly in Portugal, it is important that the students may have clear notions of such evolution to better understand the raising and development of archives and libraries in a diachronic perspective. The subjects of the curricular unit "History of Culture" are a fondamental basis to this knowledge.

It is also important to know how the institutions that produce information evolve along the time, in particular those of central and municipal administration, the private ones such as eclesiastic, and others.

Program

I. Epistemological retrospective of information systems’ evolution (archives and libraries)

1. From the origins to the Renaissance: the growth of Information Systems

1.1. The organization of archives and libraries’ systems in the pre-classical and classical civilizations (Greece and Rome)

1.2. The development of archives and libraries’ systems during Middle Ages, particularly those of the monasteries; the origins of Portuguese information systems, specially the Arquivo da Coroa (Torre do Tombo)

2. From the Renaissance to The French Revolution: “natural” evolution of the information systems

2.1. The Humanism and Renaissance and their influence in the opening and culturalization of information systems

2.2. The role of archives at the service of Modern State and the centralization of royal power; the importance of Arquivo da Torre do Tombo in the 16th century

2.3. The private and erudite libraries, the development of bibliography and bookish culture

3. From the French Revolution to the 60’s in the 20th century: the consolidation of historical-technicist paradigm

3.1. The liberal ideology and its consequences, particularly in the Portuguese case

3.2. The development of History and Positivism, with special distinction to the Portuguese reality

3.3. The technological development and the reinforcement of technical aspects; the role of the Inspecção Geral das Bibliotecas e Arquivos Públicos, in Portuguese context

4. The Modernity and the paradigm shift: the transition to the post-custodial era; panoramic view of the evolution at international and national levels

II. Characterization of archives and libraries information systems in the light of systemic theory

1. Brief approach of systemic theory

2. Typology of archival information systems

3. Typology of library information systems

III. The application of quadripolar method of research to archives and libraries information systems – general approach

1. The technical pole’s operations (in particular organic-functional analysis and evaluation)

2. The morphological pole operations (presentation of research results)

Mandatory literature

1 - BAUTIER, Robert-Henri; Les Archives. 3ème éd., Paris : Gallimard, cop. 1961
2 - BAUTIER, Robert-Henri; La Phase cruciale de l´histoire des archives : la constitution des dépôts d'archives et la naissance de l'archivistique (XVIe-début du XIXe siècle).
3 - DELSALLE, Paul; Une Histoire de l'Archivistique, Québec : Presses Universitaires du Quebéc, 1998. ISBN: 2-7605-0898-6
4 - DUCHEIN, Michel; The History of European archives and the developments of archival profession in Europe.
5 - FAVIER, Jean; Les Archives. 3ème éd., Paris : PUF, 1975.
6 - HARRIS, Michael H.; History of libraries in the western world. 4th ed., Lanham; London : The Scarecrow Press, cop. 1995. ISBN: 0-8108-2972-X
7 - JASIS - Journal of the American Society for Information Science
8 - LERNER, Fred; The Story of libraries from the invention of writing to the computer age, New York : Continuum, 1998. ISBN: 0-8264-1114-2
9 - LESSARD-HÉBERT, Michelle; GOYETTE, Gabriel; BOUTIN, Gérard; Investigação qualitativa : fundamentos e práticas, Lisboa : Instituto Piaget, 1994. ISBN: 972-9295-75-1
10 - LILLEY, Dorothy B.; TRICE, Ronald W.; A History of Information Science : 1945-1985, San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, 1989. ISBN: 0-12-450060-9
11 - PALLIER, Denis; Les Bibliothèques. 9ème éd., Paris : PUF, 2000. ISBN: 2-13-050738-7
12 - RIBEIRO, Fernanda; O Acesso à informação nos arquivos, Lisboa : Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ministério da Ciência e do Ensino Superior, 2003. ISBN: 972-31-1017-2
13 - RIBEIRO, Fernanda; Para o estudo do paradigma patrimonialista e custodial: a Inspecção das Bibliotecas e Arquivos e o contributo de António Ferrão (1887-1965), Porto : CETAC - Centro de Estudos das Tecnologias e Ciências da Comunicação; Edições Afrontamento, 2008. ISBN: 972-36-0948-6
14 - SHERA, Jesse H.; CLEVELAND, Donald B.; History and foundations of Information Science
15 - SILVA, Armando Malheiro da; RIBEIRO, Fernanda; Das "Ciências" Documentais à Ciência da Informação : ensaio epistemológico para um novo modelo curricular, Porto : Edições Afrontamento, 2002. ISBN: 972-36-0622-4
16 - SILVA, Armando Malheiro da [et al.]; Arquivística : teoria e prática de uma ciência da informação. 2.ª ed., Porto : Edições Afrontamento, 2002. ISBN: 972-36-0483-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

Explanation of the subjects in the teoretical-practical classes, supported by slides and powerpoint presentations.

Discussion of the programme topics with students, based on guidelines available in SIGARRA and aditional readings.

Practical exercises relative to III point of the syllabus.

The elucidation of doubts and the supervision of written works will be done during tutorial sessions.

keywords

Humanities > Information science > Library science
Humanities > Information science > Archivistics
Humanities > Information science

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	47,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	30,00
Total:	133,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

Delivering of two small individual assessments (A1 and A2) about themes of the programme, based mainly in readings synthesis – each one of the assessments will count 15% for the final classification. The assessments shall be delivered at the beginning of November and at the beginning of December (the deadline will be established when the classes start)

Final examination (FE) – without consultation and the duration of two hours – 70%

The final classification (FC) will be calculated as follows:

FC = A1x0,15 + A2x0,15 + FEx0,7

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The worker students are not dismissed of presenting all the assessments.

Classification improvement

The improvement of final classification can be obtained by repeating the final examination.

It is not possible to reformulate the written works is order to improve the final classification.