Postgraduate Course: Working with Collections (ENLI11090)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course will introduce students to a range of issues surrounding the conservation, management, and display of special collections, with particular emphasis on manuscript and printed materials. Issues to be covered include cataloguing, conservation techniques, digitisation, collection management, and display and exhibitions. Seminars will be taught by experts from the University Library and beyond. The course is available to students from other MSc programmes with the approval of their programme directors and the course organiser
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Students will submit one 4,000 word essay at the end of semester 2 on the date specified in the handbook.
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Learning Outcomes
On completing the course, students will have acquired an understanding of: * a variety of collections and their forms * a range major issues in the management of collections * the cataloguing, preservation, digitisation, promotion and display of special collections