Cox, Richard J
(2015)
Graduate Archival Education in the United States; A Personal Reflection About Its Past and Future.
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2 (Articl).
1 - 9.
Abstract
From one vantage, those who started their careers decades ago, graduate archival education has made tremendous leaps forward; from another perspective, those in the early years of their careers, education in this field may look spotty, disjointed, and confusing. As I near the end of my career (although old archivists don’t fade away, they get preserved), I have increasingly felt like an archival source in ongoing professional dialogue. In this essay, I briefly consider the evolution of graduate education since the 1970s, the emergence of a new archival professorial corps, the maturing of our field’s professional and scholarly research, and the present characteristics of the archival academy. In this, I reflect as a transitional member of the academy, one who moved from practice to professing, and speculate about what the new generation of archival faculty – younger, less experienced, better educated, and research-driven, face in the next four decades. Examining current trends leads me to speculate about what graduate archival education will look like in 2050, and what I have to say is not what I am wishing for but what will likely occur. By 2050 I will be part of archival memory. What passes for archival education will be digital stewardship, delivered mostly via distance education with on-campus programs fewer in number and those that exist focused on doctoral studies and research, and masters programs mostly technical in nature and spread more broadly across the academy with a much more diverse group of students in terms of academic backgrounds and demographic characteristics.
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2015 |
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Publication |
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| Journal or Publication Title: |
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies |
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2 |
| Number: |
Articl |
| Publisher: |
Yale University Library and New England Archivists |
| Page Range: |
1 - 9 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Information Sciences > Library and Information Science |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Archival, Education, Digital, Stewardship, Archival, Profession, --, United, States |
| Article Type: |
Research Article |
| Date Deposited: |
27 May 2015 19:04 |
| Last Modified: |
31 Jul 2020 19:09 |
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http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25267 |
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