Dear Colleague,
As you may be aware, from September 2004, the Humanities Advanced
Technology & Information Institute (HATII) at the University of Glasgow
launch an MPhil in Information Management and Preservation (Digital) /
Archives & Records Management. We are delighted to announce that we have
a full compliment of students, and are now operating a waiting list.
We are seeking to build up a database of potential placement opportunities
for our students who are required to undertake two one-week placements,
one per semester. For the 2004-5 cohort these placements will be held at
the start of November and the middle of March. The students on the
November placement will be required to list a small collection according
to recognised standards, and produce an online resource for the
collection, including the completed catalogue. During the March placement
students will undertake a digital preservation project. It is anticipated
that most students would go to the same repository for both weeks,
although it will be possible for the student to go elsewhere if the host
is only available for one of the weeks.
In addition to our International Students, the students who have been
accepted for the course come from as far a-field as London and Aberdeen,
so we are looking for potential hosts from all over the UK. We hope that
the collection catalogues and on-line resources that the students will
create will be of enduring use to host repositories.
If your repository would be interested in offering a placement to a
student or two, we would be delighted to hear from you. To register
interest and to get further information, please e-mail Adele Redhead, the
Deputy Course Convenor, who is co-ordinating the student placements, at:
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support (e.g. travel or other expenses) for the duration of their
placement we would be grateful if you could let us know. Placements will
be confirmed in early October, and matched with suitable students. If you
would like to discuss this further, Adele can be contacted on: (0141) 330
4543.
For further details of the course, the website is:
www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/imp . Hard-copy brochures are also available on
request. Thank you very much for your support.
Professor Michael Moss
IMP Course Director
Adele Redhead
IMP Course Deputy Director
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