Transcript Sixty years of archival education in England, 1947-2006: looking back and looking forward Dr Elizabeth Shepherd School of Library, Archive and Information Studies University.

Sixty years of archival education in England,
1947-2006: looking back and looking forward
Dr Elizabeth Shepherd
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
University College London
[email protected]
Second Asia-Pacific Conference for Archival Educators and Trainers, 17-20 October 2006, Tokyo
Introduction: Professional education
•
•
•
•
Long, specialised, strongly conceptual
Transmits specialised knowledge
Ideas and concepts
Understanding of ‘occupational sub-culture’, its
values and norms
• Training school in university, academic degrees,
research programmes
Introduction: Overview of UK archival education
• 1947 to 1972: six UK universities established
archival programmes
• 1947-1980: traditional market in local government
archives
• 1980-2000: records management a distinct part of
the discipline
• 2000s: impact of digital records
• how should academic discipline develop in future,
the role of research?
Historical development of archives and
records management education in England
• Early 20th century developments
• University Diplomas in archives, 1947-1980
• Records management and digital records:
teaching developments 1980-2006
• Archival education in 2000s
Early 20th century developments
• Recruitment to the Public Record Office (PRO) &
local archives: historical & classical education,
plus in-house training
• Report on Local Records in 1902 recommended
school ‘on the model of the Ecole des Chartes in
Paris’
• Universities begin to teach palaeography,
diplomatic, local history and librarianship
Early 20th century developments
Palaeography & diplomatic:
• Hubert Hall, University of London, 1896
• Hilary Jenkinson, King’s College, London, 1930s
• R L Poole, Oxford University, 1897
Local history:
• Liverpool School of Local History and Palaeography,
1902/1911
Librarianship:
• Library Association and London School of Economics,
1902
• Library Assn and University College London, School of
Librarianship, 1919
University Diplomas in archives, 1947-1980
1947 three developments:
1. University College London, archive studies in
library school (Hilary Jenkinson and British
Records Association)
2. Liverpool University, Diploma in the Study of
Records and Administration of Archives
(Professor of medieval history, Geoffrey
Barraclough)
3. Oxford, Bodleian Library training scheme
University Diplomas in archives, 1947-1980
Syllabus, Liverpool University, 1947:
• Latin & English palaeography (2 papers)
• Diplomatic, administrative history, real property
law and local history (1 paper)
• editing & calendaring historical documents (1
paper)
• theory and practice of archive administration,
practical work Lancashire Record Office (1 paper)
• oral examination
University Diplomas in archives, 1947-1980
UCL syllabus, 1970:
• three compulsory courses (record office
management, records management, finding aids)
• six options, (administrative history, palaeography
& diplomatic, description of records, law of real
property, historical sources, local government
organisation, company law & accounting, history
of science & technology, use of computers in
record offices)
Records management and digital records:
teaching developments 1980-2006
Records management education:
• Report and model syllabus for records
management
• Northumbria University: MSc in Records and
Information Management, MA/MSc in Records
Management by distance learning
• Traditional archival programmes modernised
Records management and digital records:
teaching developments 1980-2006
Digital records education:
• Traditional archival programmes reshaped to
address digital records eg UCL
• Glasgow University: MSc in Information
Management and Preservation
• Some programmes fail: closure of Society of
Archivists correspondence course and of
University of Wales, Bangor MA
Archival education in 2000s
• First professional qualifications at graduate level
(Masters) at seven universities
• Liverpool University undergraduate year Diploma
or Certificate in Professional Studies: Records and
Information Management
• mid-career MRes in Library, Archive and
Information Studies at UCL
• PhD and research programmes
Conclusion
How should archival education move forward in the
UK?
• Academic research community for archives and
records management
• Forum for Archives and Records Management
Education and Research (FARMER)
• PhD conference in archives and records
management
• Archives and Records Management Research
Network (ARMReN) 2006-2007
Archives and Records Management Research
Network (ARMReN)
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2006-2007
• help develop research in discipline of archives and records
management
• link academics in archives and records management with
researchers who use archives and records professionals
• collect and disseminate information about research
• foster the development of young academic researchers
• act as a central point for the exchange of ideas
• encourage new collaborative partnerships, within the UK,
Europe and internationally
Sixty years of archival education in England,
1947-2006: looking back and looking forward
Dr Elizabeth Shepherd
School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
http://www.slais.ucl.ac.uk/research-ARMReN
http://www.slais.ucl.ac.uk/
[email protected]
Second Asia-Pacific Conference for Archival Educators and Trainers, 17-20 October 2006, Tokyo