New 2009 Doctoral Fellowships in Archival Studies
The School of Information Sciences has a rich tradition
of doctoral studies in the Library and
Information Science field, with the focus on Archival
Studies. The Doctor of Philosophy prepares students
for advanced work in research, teaching, and administration.
The primary purpose of the PhD program is to develop
an understanding of library and information science beyond
the Master's degree, with particular emphasis on the
conduct of original research, the production of significant
and generalizable research findings, and the contribution
of such findings to public knowledge. As there
is a critical shortage of individuals qualified to fill
graduate archives and records management faculty positions,
the doctoral program is a major focus of the Archives,
Preservation and Records Management area.
Doctoral students have done major studies on a wide
variety of topics relating to archives and records management,
usually focusing on some aspect of archives and records
systems for accountability, public policy, and public
memory. Completed dissertations include “Archival
custody: its impact on the relationship between communities
and their historical records in the information age;
A case study of the United States Virgin Islands”; “The
influence of warrant on the acceptance and credibilty
of the functional requirements for recordkeeping”; “The
public's use of federal recordkeeping statutes to shape
federal information policy: a study of the profs case”; “Evolutionary
change in the accession record in three American natural
history museums”; and “Recordkeeping literary
warrants and personal recordkeeping: the United States
Internal Revenue Service's Income Tax Codes and Regulations
-a case study.” Studies underway are focusing
on the Tuskegee Syphilis experiments, the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission in South Africa, documenting archival appraisal,
and the analysis of access to documentation concerning
a massacre during the Korean War.
Graduates have gone on to hold a number of academic
and professional positions in the field. They are
teaching at the School of Library and Information Science,
The Catholic University of America; School of Information,
University of Michigan; Graduate School of Library and
Information Science, Simmons College; and Faculty of
Information Studies, University of Toronto.
Doctoral Program
Guidelines
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