College of Arts and Social Sciences
[INFORMATION STUDIES]
Course Portfolio
INFO4600
Maintenance and Preservation of Archival
Documents
Formatted: English (U.S.)
Period: [Spring \2015]
[Date]
Course File
I. COURSE FILE SUMMARY
1. COURSE INFORMATION
College/Institute/Centre
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department
INFORMATION STUDIES
Program Title
Semester\Year
Spring \2015
Program Code
English
Course Title
Maintenance and Preservation of
Archival Documents
Course Code
INFO 4600
Course Type
Mandatory
Arabic
Pre Requisites
Teaching Language
Arabic language
Credit Hours
3
Lecture
2(Weekly)
Practical/Fieldwork 2 (Weekly)
15
Teaching Hours
Teaching Weeks
Number of students
Lecture
Practical/Fieldwork
Number of Students dropped
1
Total
4
25
25
0
2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTION
ARABIC COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course provides general guidance with
respect to keeping the archives in the best
condition and protection to ensure their
security and safety, whether in the office
that is their place of origin and use or in the
Archives hall or in the Central Archive.
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3. COURSE AIM
Raise awareness among students with regard to maintaining the integrity of the archives
in the long term and clarify the dangers to which archives can be exposed and how to
cope with them.
4. COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course aims to develop students' skills in the maintenance of archives in all
their forms and via various technical and chemical means
5. COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
It will help students to acquire a set of competencies for dealing with the
maintenance of archives via physical and chemical means and facilitating their
use by users
6. LECTURES SCHEDULE
WEEK
TOPIC
1
Threats to archives
 Environmental conditions
2
 Disasters
3
4
5
6
7
8
 Insects and rodents
Methods of protection of archives:
1- Metal fasteners
2- Installation Kit and Rubber Adhesive tape
3- Protection using clipboard cans
4- Storage of flat maps and charts
5- Saving Photos
6- Hosting of animations(16 -35 ml.)
7- Hosting of magnetized sources
2
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Chemical treatment for the maintenance of archives
Chemical laboratory for the maintenance of archives
Sterilization Archives
Cleaning and washing Archives
Sewing and restoration of archive records
Security Archives
Trading secret archives
Final Exam
7. TEACHING STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
Teaching Media
 Use of PowerPoint slides
 Accessing the Internet to search for
and discussion
various sites that provide Methods
 Use of practical applications in
of Maintenance and Preservation of
Maintenance and Preservation of
Archival Documents
Archival Documents
Teaching Method
 Use of lecture style
 Use of student self-learning style
8. GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
POINTS
WRITTEN
ORAL
TERM PAPER
15%
15%
20%
50%
QZ 1
QZ 2
Project about
Maintenance and
Preservation of
Archival Documents
Final exam
CONTINUOUS
15%
15%
20%
9. COURSE RULES
Attendance
Attendance at class is mandatory. Course Instructors should keep attendance records. An
"absentee warning notice" will be issued if a student is absent for:
• More than 10% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 5% in courses with 75 or more total contact hours.
An "absentee withdrawal notice" will be issued and the student will be deemed to have
withdrawn from the course with an 'FW' grade if a student is absent for:
• More than 20% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 15% in courses with 75 to 150 total contact hours.
• More than 10% of total contact hours for courses with more than 150 total
contact hours.
10. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION
3
English Reference Books
Arabic Reference Books
Lecture Notes/Hand-outs
Electronic Materials, Web
Sites etc.
1- Heslop, Helen; Simon Davis; Andrew Wilson
(2002). An Approach to
the Preservation of Digital
Records, National Archives of Australia.
2- ANDREW, McDONALD, KIMBERLY
BARATA, MICHAEL WETTENGEL,
MICHAEL MILLER, NIKLAUS BUTIKOFER,
KEVIN ASHILEY, IVAR FONNES(2005).
Electronic documents: Archivists guide.
NTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON ARCHIVES
CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DES ARCHIVES
‫بلدية‬.‫األخطار التي تتعرض لها الوثائق‬.)2007(.‫ سفيان‬, ‫ بو حرات‬-1
.‫دبي قسم الوثائق والمعلومات‬
.‫ المحفوظاتاجراءات الحفظ والصيانة‬.)2009(.‫ امل فاضل‬, ‫ عباس‬-2
.89 ‫العدد‬. ‫ الجامعة المستنصرية‬, ‫مجلة كلية اآلداب‬
http://iraqnla.org/fp/News/news123.htm
http://www.archive-skills.com/training/2015/23-6.php
https://books.google.com.om/books?id=yuiAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=ar#v=onepag
e&q&f=false
Attachments
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LECTURES
LECTURE NOTES/HAND-OUTS
EXAMS SAMPLE
A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS’ ANSWERS
A SAMPLE OF EXERCISES AND STUDENTS’ ANSWERS
A SAMPLE OF ASSIGNMENTS AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
RESULTS AND GRADES
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