Student Work in Archivistics : Public Archives

lhist9532  2021-2022  Louvain-la-Neuve

Student Work in Archivistics : Public Archives
5.00 credits
90.0 h

  This learning unit is not open to incoming exchange students!

Teacher(s)
François Aurore (coordinator);
Language
French
Content
According to the actuality and possibilities of the integrated service, the student will carry out or participate in the realization of potentially diverse tasks :
  •     evaluation, collection, acquisition of an archive fonds
  •     visit to a production department (for example, as part of training or an inspection audit)
  •     intellectual (and possibly material) treatment of a fonds
  •     participation in missions to enhance the value of the patrimony
  •     participation in welcoming and advising visitors
Teaching methods
The student will work in a public archives service and will benefit from the supervision of his or her internship supervisor (an archivist by training and by profession).
Evaluation methods
Depending on the general satisfaction of the company tutor, the student will submit a brief report (4-5 pages) and will make an oral presentation.
The content covered will include :
  •     a detailed analysis of the service: its framework, its missions, its functioning, etc.
  •     a critical and reflexive description of the tasks he has carried out or observed (analysis and diagnosis, proposal of possible alternatives)
  •     a reflection on the contributions of his training as a historian/archivist to professional practice
Faculty or entity
EHAC


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in History