Prof. Dr. Christoph Graf

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Historisches Institut

Network of European Archival EducatorsMarburg 2008

An integrated and innovative academic Education:The Master of Archival, Library and Information

Science (MAS AIS) of the Universities of Berne and Lausanne

Prof. Dr. Christoph Graf

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1. Framework

2. Basic principles

3. Structure and program

4. State and Perspectives

Content:


1. Framework IThe Educational System in Switzerland

Primary Level

Secondary Level I

Secondary Level II

Vocational school

I+D-Assistants

Tertiary Level

Universities of applied sciencesI+D-Specialists Universities

Postgraduate course

Postgraduate course

Pha

ses

Practical training theoretical training

Continuous Education

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1. Framework II

- The existing archival and librarian education in Switzerland:

- secondary level: I+D-Assistant (since 1994, Vocational Schools in Zurich, Berne and Lausanne)

- tertiary level: I+D-Specialist (since 1994, Univ. of applied sciences in Geneva and Chur, up from 2008: Masterprogram)

- tertiary level: Certificate in Archival and Information Science (2002-2006, University of Lausanne)

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1. Framework III

- The existing archival and librarian education in Switzerland, Cont.:

- tertiary level: MAS AIS (since 2006, Universities of Berne and Lausanne)

- tertiary level: MAS in Library (and Information) Science (since 2007, University of Zurich)

- different workshops, seminars and other short term programs of the professional organisations

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1. Framework IV

- Others:

Size of CHsize of the marketmulticulturalityfederalismlack of permanent teaching staff/ressources/institutionsBasic vs. Continuous education (CE)Self-financing of CEBologna-RulesAdmission for academic CE: Univ.-degree

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General Management Competencies

Project ManagementInformation Technology

Documentation ScienceInformation Retrieval

...

LibraryScience

Science of Public

Administration

History & auxiliary sciences

General Information

Science

Information & Knowledge

Management

2. Basic Principles I

Archival Science(incl. Records Management)

- Interdisciplinarity:

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2. Basic Priciples II

Interculturality: german, french, english as teaching languages

Interactivity between teachers and studentsUniversity vs. Univ. of applied sciencespost-graduate continuous educationpart-time, parallel to professional activitiespremium levelHigh level national and international academic

teachers and practitionersState of the art and innovation (a.o. in ICT)

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2. Basic Priciples III

Based on theory

Focused on practice

Structured by methodology

Theorie

Methode

Praxis

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2. Basic Priciples VI

- Practical professional experience, internship in another domain

- Concepts of evaluation, tests and tutorials

- Partnership with University of Lausanne

- Network of cooperations with national and international institutions

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3. Structure and Program I

60 ECTS (10 teaching lessons + 15-20 hours of homework per ECTS)

2 years 3 blocks 3 external seminars Certificate Paper and Master Thesis Directors of studies, director of

modules and guest teachers

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3. Structure and Program II- Two levels: CAS AIS and MAS AIS

Foundation of archival, library and information science and introduction to role and fuctions of archives, libraries and other information centresB

ases

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Archival and Information Science

20 ECTS

Methods, theoretical deepening and practical application of information, archival, librarian and historical sciences and information Management and Management of archives, libraries and information centresM

aste

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rse

Master of Advanced Studies in Archival and Information Science

40 ECTS

Master thesis

Internship

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3. Structure and Program III

a) History and related arts and social sciences b) Digitization and digital preservation inc. seminar in Parisc) Management of archives, libraries and other information

centresd) Archival, library and information science; role and position of

archives, libraries and other information centres (II)

a) Archival, library and information science; role and position of archives, libraries and other information centres (I)

b) Knowledge, Information and Records Management (I)c) Functions and tasks of archives, libraries and other

information centres (I):d) Information technology and information systems

a) Auxiliary sciences of history b) Methods of information sciencec) Functions and tasks of archives, libraries and other

information centres (II) incl. seminar in Marburgd) Knowledge, Information and Records Management (II)

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- 12 modules:

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4. State and Perspectives I

- 1st edition, 2006-2008:

• 7 CAS, 23 MAS-students• spring 2008: end of the teaching

period of the 1st edition• master thesis going on• fall 2008: Diploma• Evaluation: sustainable high level of

satisfaction• coming out: >50% of the students got

a better job

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4. State and Perspectives II- Recruitement for the second edition,

2008-2010:

47 highly qualified candidates33 admissions (8 interviews)language: 2/3 german, 1/3 french/italiansex: fifty-fiftyaverage age: >30 yearsMAS: 32; CAS: 1Professions: archivists, librarians, records

managers, documentarists„sur dossier“: none

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4. State and Perspectives III

- Some smaller revisions of the program:

concentration, reduction of contentreduction of guest teachersimprovement of coherence, elimination of

repetitionsdistinction between basic/theoretical

content and case studies1/3 of the teaching time to be used for

interactive sequencesclear instructions for guest teachersIf possible: 1 mastertext per module

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Contact and information

Contact:Dr. Gaby Knoch-Mund [email protected]. Dr. Christoph Graf [email protected]

More information:www.archivwissenschaft.ch (in Deutsch)www.archivistique.ch (en français)

Prof. Dr. Christoph Graf

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