A personal reflection on the development of archival education

Issue title: Archival Education and Training

Guest editors: Fiorella Foscarini

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Eastwood, Terry

Affiliations: School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The University of British Columbia, 9331 Lasko Street, Richmond, BC V7E 5W6, Canada Tel.: +1 604 274 6879; E-mail: eastwood@mail.ubc.ca

Abstract: The author reflects on advances in academic professional education for archivists over the past 35 years, makes the case for autonomous master’s degree programs in archival studies, and identifies some of the challenges archival education faces now and into the future.

Keywords: University archival education, archival science, records management, the philosophy of archival education

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-170990

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 75-88, 2017