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B030615 - INFORMATICS APPLIED TO ARCHIVAL SCIENCE
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Type of Assessment
Academic Year 2023-24
Coorte 2023 - Second Cycle Degree in ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-STO/08 - ARCHIVAL SCIENCE, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIBRARIANSHIP
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
19/02/2024 ⇒ 08/06/2024
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The informatics applied to archival science course, through a multidisciplinary approach, analyzes the state of the art and the future prospects of digital archives. It concerns the general principles and fundamental lines of computerized archiving, with reference to the instrumental and institutional aspects: from the analysis of the birth of computer science applied to archives up to its doctrinal, legal and scientific evolution.
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The exam program will be delivered during the lessons and will be made available on the Moodle platform dedicated to teaching.
Learning Objectives
The informatics applied to archival science course provides disciplinary, technical-IT knowledge for the correct management and analysis of documentary systems, with reference to digital archives and hybrid archive management. The student acquires knowledge of the basic principles of IT applications and management processes for the correct organization of the digital archive.
Prerequisites
Basic archival knowledge
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons
Further information
Disabled students or students with learning disabilities are invited to contact the "UNIFI Include" desk for instructions on how to achieve the learning objectives in the most appropriate way for their specific needs. The agreed measures must be shared with the teacher in due time.
Type of Assessment
The exam will take place in oral form. The test will be divided into various questions on the topics covered during the course:
- computerized archives
- computer archives
- archival description standard
- creation of the digital archive
- management of document flows.
They will evaluate:
- mastery of the contents
- the ability to synthesize and analyze themes and concepts
- the ability to be able to express oneself adequately and with language appropriate to the subject matter.
The student's argumentative and critical reflection ability in dealing with and elaborating the proposed arguments and his ability to provide examples and apply archival analysis to concrete cases will also be assessed.
"Students with disabilities or DSA or temporarily unable for health reasons to take the exam in the prescribed manner are invited to contact the Unifi includes desk in order to be able to fulfill in the most satisfactory manner an educational path adapted to their needs and to take advantage of the most suitable compensatory/exempt measures.
These measures should then be shared with the teachers concerned in a timely manner."
- computerized archives
- computer archives
- archival description standard
- creation of the digital archive
- management of document flows.
They will evaluate:
- mastery of the contents
- the ability to synthesize and analyze themes and concepts
- the ability to be able to express oneself adequately and with language appropriate to the subject matter.
The student's argumentative and critical reflection ability in dealing with and elaborating the proposed arguments and his ability to provide examples and apply archival analysis to concrete cases will also be assessed.
"Students with disabilities or DSA or temporarily unable for health reasons to take the exam in the prescribed manner are invited to contact the Unifi includes desk in order to be able to fulfill in the most satisfactory manner an educational path adapted to their needs and to take advantage of the most suitable compensatory/exempt measures.
These measures should then be shared with the teachers concerned in a timely manner."