This course aims to:
1. Bringing students to the field of archives and records, public and private.
2. Provide them with a contextual framework that will raise awareness about the importance of archives and records in society.
3. Provide them with a conceptual framework that provides the theoretical.
4. Provide them with technical and analytical competencies object-oriented of the subject.
CONTENT
Item 1. History of Archives.
1.1. Antiquity.
1.2 The Middle Ages
1.3 The Old regime
1.4. The period of archival development.
Item 2. Fundamental concepts.
2.1. The concept of Archives.
2.2 The auxiliary sciences of the Archives.
2.3. The concept, functions and stages of the archive.
2.4. The concept, characters and values ¿¿of the record.
Item 3. Archival systems.
3.1. Spanish archival system: state and regional level.
3.2 The European archival systems: France, Italy, Britain and Germany.
3.3 The U.S. archive system.
3.4. Other systems.
Item 4. The archive in its early stages.
4.1. The office archive.
4.2 The administrative documents: the record.
4.3. The organization of the office archive.
Item 5. The records center
5.1 Origins and functions.
5.2 Construction and equipment.
5.3 Services.
Item 6. The historical records and cultural role of archives.
6.1 Users.
6.2 The marketing of the archive.
6.3 The services.
Item 7. Recods accession.
7.1. Usual accessions: the transfer of records.
7.2 Planning of the transfers.
7.3 The terms of delivery.
7.4. Extraordinary accessions.
Item 8. The arrangement of the archive.
8.1. Classification.
8.2 Ordening.
8.3. Installation.
8.4 Description.
Item 9. The appraisal of records
9.1 Principles.
9.2 The assessment.
9.3 The selection.
9.4 The disposal
Item 10. The building and facilities.
10.1 General design of the building.
10.2 Architectural features.
10.3 The furniture.
10.4 Environmental and Safety Measures.
