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DOK-3021: Specialization course: The Institution of Documents Work Load
20 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
DOK 3021 will qualify the students to conduct empirical and theoretical studies of document institutions with a main emphasis on one of the three main perspectives of the discipline: The humanities, social sciences, and IT. The aim of the course is to enable the students to reflect upon and work independently with questions addressing document institutions. | Contents
The course is part of the master programme in documentation science and includes empirical and theoretical studies of institutions which arrange for documentation, information, and communication for different purposes. Examples of such institutions can be documentation and learning centres, cultural centres, libraries, museums, archives, literary institutions, etc. The course consists of studies of selected theoretical and practical problems from three perspectives: The humanities, social sciences, and IT.
Required previous qualifications/ courses:
A Bachelor''s degree in documentation studies or equivalent. | Form of teaching
The course is offered in the spring semester.
Teaching consists of three seminars distributed evenly throughout the semester, with lectures and discussions on theoretical and methodological problems in the study of document organisation. Between the seminars, students will be working on a project, which will be discussed throughout the semester in student groups and with the responsible teachers.
| Assessment
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F.
The examination consists of a project paper.
A project is to be submitted both digitally and as hardcopy, no later than two weeks before the end of the semester. The project can be submitted using different media, e.g. sound, picture, or text. The volume of the project should be decided in agreement with the teacher, but the project must always include a written component of no more than 15 pages.
Performance in the course is assessed with the grades A-F.
| Examination semester
Spring, Autumn | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Contact person/lecturer
Student Advisor Anita Lassesen. Tlf: 776 45269
E-mail: anita.lassesen@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Language of instruction
Scandinavian languages and English. | Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=DOK-3021-1 |
Teaching spring 2005
Første forelesning: Torsdag 27. januar kl 0915, rom E1004 | | Forelesning | Forelesere: Judy Au, Geir Grenersen og Per Bäckström
Undervisning i ukene 4, 7 og 11
Torsdag 09:15 to16:00
E 1004 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Fredag 09:15 to16:00
E 1004 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
Lørdag 09:15 to16:00
E 1004 SV-fak. og HUM-fak. bygget
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