| CODE | LIS1312 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Malta-Related Archives and Records | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Library Information and Archive Sciences | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is intended to familiarize students with the various archival and record collections holding Malta-related material and which exist in Malta and elsewhere. Study-unit Aims: - To make students aware of the variety in research potential and in the richness of Maltese archival heritage, existing both in Malta and abroad; - To expose students to different types of such archives, holding material from different periods and of a different nature. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate knowledge of the different archives containing Malta-related material, both in Malta and elsewhere; - Compare the situation of different archival and record collections relating to Malta (official, private); - Gain knowledge of the different research tools available in such archives and their respective effectiveness. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: Describe, and critically appraise, by means of a presentation and a report, the situation in a given archive/s, highlighting what they consider to be its strong and weak points and suggesting ways in which such a situation may be improved. Main Text/s: - Various papers in: C. J. Farrugia (ed.), 'Guardians of Memory: Essays in rememberance of Hella Jean Bartolo Winston (Malta, 2008). Supplementary readings: - Various papers in L.V. Zerafa, V. Vella, C. Vella (eds.), 'A Mosaic of Library & Archive Practice in Malta' (Malta, 2009). - Various print and online descriptions of archival holdings related to Malta. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Seminar | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | William Zammit |
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