COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZC 2124 COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Museology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

NURCAN DURMAZ

Offered to

Museology

Course Objective

It is the acquisition of practices in the museographic process of ephemera documents, which are among the museum and archive collections. Within the scope of the course, it is aimed to provide ephemera collections, to describe them, to classify and coding process, to transfer repair/conservation and storage methods, digitization and access applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Learns archive management of ephemera collection material.
2   2. Gains knowledge about the classification of the material.
3   3. Can follow the museographic process of ephemera collections.
4   4. Can manage the open archive and access methods of archive collections.
5   5. Gains knowledge about active conservation practices applied on ephemera documents.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is ephemera
2 The museographic process of ephemera archives and collections
3 Ways to describe ephemera collections
4 Methods for documenting ephemera collections
5 Preventive preservation methods of ephemera collections
6 Exhibition methods of ephemera collections
7 Storage methods of ephemera collections
8 Visa
9 Techniques for digitizing ephemera collections
10 Dublin Core Metadata system
11 Transfer and access to virtual environment of ephemera collections
12 Active conservation applications of ephemera documents
13 Active conservation applications of ephemera documents
14 Active conservation applications of ephemera documents
15 Active conservation applications of ephemera documents
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Makepeace, C. E. (1985). Ephemera: A book on its collection,
conservation and use. Michigan: Gower.
- Schellenberg, Theodore R. (2008). Arşivsel Değerlendirme Ilkeleri.
(I. Keskin, & I. Bozan, Du ) Istanbul: Yeditepe Yayınevi.
- Kollektif. Geçici Belgelerin Kalıcı Etkisi 1. Uluslararası Efemera Çalışmaları Sempozyumu Bildiriler Kitabı. Vekam Yayınları

Supplementary Book(s):
- Ayaokur, A. (2014). Mu zelerde Bilgi Yönetimi. Ankara:
VEKAM Yayınları Araştırma Dizisi 1.
- Tonta, Y. (2019). Ku ltu rel Miras Yönetiminde Bellek Kurumlarının Rolu . digitalSSM Arşiv ve Araştırma Alanı. Istanbul: Sakıp Sabancı Mu zesi Dijital Koleksiyonları ve Arşivleri.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures are made with lectures and sample applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. It will be evaluated with midterm exam questions.
2. It will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the final exam.
3. It will be evaluated with an application project during the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nurcan.durmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Outside of class hours, contact can be made at nurcan.durmaz@deu.edu.tr.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 5 5
Project Assignment 1 7 7
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.145
LO.2455
LO.354
LO.45
LO.55