University course
Estates and Special Collections
Archives, libraries, and museums house a large number of written estates and special collections that are significant for academic research. The university course provides fundamental knowledge in managing estates and special collections, as well as methods and techniques for cataloging their objects and making them accessible to the public.
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Degree:
Certificate of the University of Innsbruck
Duration/ECTS-Credits:
1 Semester / 4 ECTS-AP
Study Code
UC 992 003 006
Start:
02.12.2024
Cost:
870 EUR (excl. ÖH-contribution)
Language:
German
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Qualification profile
Graduates
- have basic knowledge in managing estates and special collections
- are familiar with methods and techniques for cataloging and preserving special collections
- can make collection objects accessible for research, teaching, and scientific purposes as well as for the interested public
Target group
- Employees in academic libraries, archives, and documentation centers or information institutions
- Researchers, educators, and students in historical, philological, and cultural studies disciplines.
Requirements
General university entrance qualification in the form of a school-leaving certificate (Matura in Austria) or University Entrance Qualification Examination
The university course can be recognised as an elective module ‘Data Librarian’ in the University Continuing Education Programme Library and Information Studies – Basic Programme.
Contact
Mag. Monika Schneider-Jakob, MAS
University and State Library Tyrol
Innrain 50
6020 Innsbruck
assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael Pilz
2001-2005: Studied Library and Information Science at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK).
2006-2011: Diploma programme in German Philology at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck.
2011-2013: Doctoral programme in Literature and Cultural Studies (dissertation field: German Philology) at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck.
April 2014: Assumption of the management of the Innsbruck Newspaper Archive / IZA as assistant professor at the Institute of German Studies at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck
February 2020: Habilitation in Modern German Literature at the University of Innsbruck.
2020 ff: Associate Professor at the Institute of German Studies at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck.
Since 2017 Michael Pilz has been academic director of the university course Library and Information Studies.
- Mag. Martin Wedl, MSc
Austrian National Library Vienna - Mag. Claudia Feigl, MAS
University of Vienna
Location
online & Universitäts- und
Landesbibliothek Tirol
Schulungsraum Hauptbibliothek
EG, Innrain 50, 6020 Innsbruck
www.uibk.ac.at/ulb
Topic blocks & dates
Course Special Collections (1 ECTS-AP) - at the named Location
Students will be able to describe the special requirements for acquiring and managing estates (e.g. autographs, files and correspondence) and apply national and international standards and regulations for cataloguing estates. They will be able to organise estates according to different classification methods in relation to the respective material and will be able to apply professional and appropriate methods for the sustainable and careful preservation, storage and use of the objects.
02.12.2024, 14:00 - 16:30
03.12.2024, 09:00 - 16:30
04.12.2024, 09:00 - 16:30
05.12.2024, 09:00 - 16:30
06.12.2024, 09:00 - 16:30
Course Estate management and cataloguing (2 ECTS-AP) - ONLINE
Students will be able to apply the methods of building up, cataloguing and preserving special holdings and collections. They will be able to describe the special features of object preservation and conservation when dealing with the respective collection objects and make them accessible for research, teaching and science as well as the interested public.
20.01.2025, 09:00 - 16:30
21.01.2025, 09:00 - 16:30
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