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 skills and competencies required for the effective management, conservation, development and display of special collections. It is designed to provide an introduction to practical issues in collections use and management that will be of interest to both to students who plan to use special collections in their future research and to those hoping to pursue a career working with libraries and collections.
Course description	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.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, 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.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand a variety of collections and their forms. Understand a range major issues in the management of collections. Understand digitisation, promotion and display of special collections.