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WANTED: NEW TUTOR FOR THE SOCIETY'S DIPLOMA IN ARCHIVE ADMINISTRATION The Society of Archivists runs a distance learning alternative to the university post-graduate archives courses. It is completed from a student's workplace and leads to award of a Diploma in Archive Administration. Students complete assignments from five modules covering a range of archives and records management topics, write a short dissertation and sit three exams. The Archives Administration module includes a unit on Archives and Libraries. The unit was written and assignments have been assessed by Nick Kingsley. Nick is now moving from Birmingham City Archives to head Gloucestershire Record Office and, as he will no longer be working in an archives that is part of a library, has asked me to find a replacement tutor. This email is to seek expressions of interest in joining the Diploma's team of tutors. The incoming tutor would be responsible for * reviewing the present unit text to identify amendments needed to take account of changes since the mid-1990s and to ensure that it is applicable across the archives sectors. This is part of a current initiative to renew the course materials * reviewing the present assignments to see if any changes are needed in the light of revised text * marking assignments submitted by students We seek a qualified archivist with a few years experience who is currently working in an archives that is part of a library, who is interested in archives education, and who has some time to spare. As an additional incentive, you learn a lot about other offices from students' assignments! Tutors are paid a fee for marking assignments. The number of assignments that will be received for marking each year is unpredictable: there are currently 46 students doing the course but they tackle it at their own pace (over a maximum of four years) and in their preferred order. This has the advantage of ensuring you do not receive twelve (the annual average intake) assignments simultaneously but the disadvantage of making time management difficult. Tutors are asked to turnaround assignments within three weeks and to provide feedback as well as a mark. A guidance note on being a tutor is available and a marking scheme is in use. If you would like to express interest or obtain more information, please get in touch with me. Email is preferred - my address is [log in to unmask] - but snailmail is accepted, to me c/o Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. Susan Healy Course Director ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ********************************************************************** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%