Introduction to the Archive Science

Course Main Objective

This course aims to introduce students to the archival science and its main topics and the importance of archiving document as an information resource and the document-related technical processes and how to differentiate between it and the other information resources.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
• 1.1 Explain the general concepts of the Archival Science, the archiving institutions, documents and archive in modern age.
• 2. Skills
• 2.1 Differentiate among different types of archives and how to manage the current documents and methods of document organization, keeping and exclusion.
• 2.2 Use modern technology in scientific research of archival field.
• 3. Values
• 3.1 Bear responsibility of self-learning and continue personal and professional development.

Course Content:

• Archival & Documents Science: concepts and relations.
• The archiving institutions.
• History of the archive.
• Documents and archive in the modern age.
• Management of current documents.
• The technical processes in field of documents and archive: sorting and exclusion, storage and keeping, acquisitions development, classification, cataloguing, indexing.
• Documents and archive in the electronic environment
• Open access resources in field of the electronic documents.

Textbook (s) 

Primary Sources:

Gad Allah, Muhammad. (2019). An Introduction to Documents and Archival Study in the Age of Knowledge. Dammam: Al-Mutanabi Bookstore.
Al-Khouly, Jamal. (2008). An Introduction to Archival Study. Cairo: Dar El-Thaqafa Communication House

Secondary Sources:

Al-Malki, Mejbil. (2009). Science of Documents and Experiences in Documentation and Archiving. Amman: Al-Waraq for Publishing.
Journal of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information.

Course ID: INFO211