Overview
Lecturer
Laura-Claudia Stanciu
Seminar tutor
Laura-Claudia Stanciu
Type of course
Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Administrative Sciences
Field of study
Public Administration
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Aims
• Knowing and understanding the way in which an archive is organised.
• Acquiring the main notions which are specific for archive domain.
• Integration in a coherent structure of main theorizations and value landmarks recognised in connection with archives and documents.
Course contents
1. Introductory notions.
2. The way in which a contemporary archive is organised.
3. National archives, institutional archives, confessional archives.
4. Practical course (the way in which documents are placed in dossiers).
5. Practical course (the way in which dossiers are made).
6. Practical course (the way in which dossiers are catalogued).
7. Practical course (the way in which documents are selected).
8. Practical course (top secrets documents and their status).
9. Legislation and regulations.
10. Documents’ storing and digital recording.
11. Keeping documents and deposits’ organizing.
12. Different types of forms which are characteristic to the National Archives of Romania.
13. Research guides.
14. Course conclusions.
Learning outcomes
• Acquiring of a specific terminology characteristic for record keeping;
• Understanding the way in which archives are organised;
• Making a correct comparison between Romanian archives and abroad ones.
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
• Romanian Legislation (Legea arhivelor nr. 16/1996; Legea nr. 489 / 28 decembrie 2006; Legea protecţiei datelor cu caracter personal nr. 677/2001; Legea 135/ 2007 privind arhivarea documentelor în format electronic – M.Of. 345/ 2007)
• Berciu-Drăghicescu, Adina, Arhivistică şi documentaristică. Vol. I. Bucureşti, Ed. Universităţii din Bucureşti, Ed. Credis, 2000, 248 p; 2001, 360 p.
• Mera, Laurenţiu, Îndreptar arhivistic, Cluj-Napoca, 2001.