Session one: Introduction

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Readings

LBSCI 730 Spring 2026 Syllabus

Assignments Due

None

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Session 1 slides

Session two: Archives and archivists

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Readings

Required reading:

Terry Cook’s “Evidence, Memory, identity, and community: four shifting archival paradigms“

Recommended foundational reading:

Michelle Caswell’s “‘The archive’ is not an archives: on acknowledging the intellectual contributions of archival studies“
Elizabeth Yale’s “The History of Archives: The State of the Discipline”

Assignments Due

Assignment #6: Sign up to lead a class discussion this semester.

Review
Session 2 slides