Abstract
Undergraduate history majors need to know how to conduct archival research. This paper describes the second phase of a project to identify “archival literacy” competencies. Faculty, archivists, and librarians from baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral/research institutions commented on a draft list. This resulted in competencies in six major categories: accurately conceive of primary sources; locate primary sources; use a research question, evidence, and argumentation to advance a thesis; obtain guidance from archivists; demonstrate acculturation to archives; and follow publication protocols. Collaborations of archivists, faculty, and librarians can integrate the competencies throughout undergraduate history curricula in their institutions.
Keywords
archival literacy, primary source literacy, academic libraries, college and university archives, information literacy, historians, archivists, librarians
Date of this Version
2015
DOI
10.17723/0360-9081.78.1.154
Recommended Citation
Weiner, Sharon A.; Morris, Sammie L.; and Mykytiuk, Lawrence J., "Archival Literacy Competencies for Undergraduate History Majors" (2015). Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research. Paper 125.
http://dx.doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081.78.1.154
Comments
This is the author's accepted manuscript version of Weiner, S. A., Morris, S., and Mykytiuk, L.J. (Spring/Summer 2015). Archival Literacy Competencies for Undergraduate History Majors. American Archivist, 78(1),154-180. http://dx.doi.org/10.17723/0360-9081.78.1.154.