Course: Contemporary municipal archives

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Course title Contemporary municipal archives
Course code KAPV/KV505
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ledvinka Václav, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Medieval and early modern origins of city archives 2. City archives in the Czech Republic 3. Types of archival materials, archive files, funds and collections in city archives - city archives as part of NAD 4. Cooperation with originators, fieldwork, file service and disposal procedures in city archives

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to deepen and concretize students' general theoretical knowledge in the field of archival science in the form of specialized lectures and seminars focusing on the area of city archives and, more generally, the entire group of archives of territorial self-governing units. The genesis of city archives in the Czech lands in the broader European context is analyzed in more detail and the theoretical foundations and historical roots of the current legislative regulation and the factual position of these archives are explained. In the seminar part (supplemented by a professional excursion), students are introduced to the historical role, significance and current agenda of 5 existing city archives, the history and current integration of other originally city archives (within the existing SOA and SOkA) and, in particular, the irreplaceable role of this group of archives in the area of supervision of the file service, pre-archival care, shredding management and enrichment of the national archival heritage.
Acquiring a set of specific knowledge and information about a specialized group of city archives, their genesis, mission and spectrum of activities, enabling, among other things, employment in these archives.
Prerequisites
Introduction to the auxiliary sciences of history.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Passing the final (evaluation) exam or completing a written test (min. success rate of 66% of answers). Completing the assigned seminar task (writing a paper) Completing an excursion (or short individual internship) in the city archive
Recommended literature
  • Prameny k dějinám průmyslových závodu v centrálních archivech. Praha, 1967.
  • Josef Bartoš. Úvod do archivnictví. Praha, 1982.
  • Ludmila Sulitková. Archivnictví a spisová služba. Ústí nad Labem, 2017.
  • Václav Rameš. Slovník pro historiky a návštěvníky archivů. Praha, 2005.
  • Vladimír Bystrický ? Václav Hrubý (eds.). Přehled archivů ČSR. Praha, 1984.


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