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Unpleasant Things: Teaching Advocacy in Archival Education Programs

Cox, Richard J (2009) Unpleasant Things: Teaching Advocacy in Archival Education Programs. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 5 (1).

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Abstract

As graduate archival education programs have grown in scope, the variety of courses offered has changed to include some that prepare students to grapple with challenging and sometimes controversial aspects of the profession. This paper offers insights gained from teaching a course on archival advocacy, one that expanded over more than a decade from a focus on access to public outreach to ethical issues. This shift in focus created particular problems in engaging students who come to the graduate program with basic presuppositions about archival work that do not often mesh with the reality of this professional community; challenges also arise because of the kinds of training students expect from professional schools within the university. The essay places this course in the context of the modern university and the changing archival community and considers the challenges and potential successes of engaging graduate students within a professional school.

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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Cox, Richard Jrjcox@pitt.eduRJCOX
Date: 2009
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies
Volume: 5
Number: 1
Publisher: UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: School of Information Sciences > Library and Information Science
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: archival, education, archival, advocacy, archival, ethics
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Date Deposited: 27 May 2009 22:57
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2020 18:55
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2686

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