FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

SHAH ALAM

SCHEME OF WORK

Code : IMR 659

Course : Management of manuscripts and personal papers

Level : Degree

Total SLT : 120

Equivalent to 3 credit
Face-to-face (F2F) : 60
Non-Face-To-Face: 17 Guided and 43 Non Guided

Part : 6

Course Status : Non Core

(Core/Non Core)

Prerequisite : None

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should be able to:-

1. Interpret the basic management theories of archives and manuscripts. (A2)

2. Demonstrate the processes and techniques of manuscripts acquisition,
arrangement, description and access. (P3)
3. Analyze the important of manuscripts as one of the primary resources for the
preservation of national heritage and scholarly research. (C4)

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the concepts

and principles of manuscripts and personal papers management. At the same time to
distinguish between an archive and a manuscript. The content of this course includes
policies, standards, procedures, processes and techniques of manuscript appraisal.
Acquisition, arrangement, description, access and services, outreach programs as
well as ethics

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 COURSE EVALUATION:

Assignment 1 : Manuscript transliteration

Value : 30% (group of 3-4 students)

Assignment 2 : Critical review

Value : 20% - Individual

Assignment 3 : Written report based on your visit virtual museum from any of the
museum in this link - https://www.techradar.com/sg/best/virtual-tours-museums-
national-parks-around-the-world
Value : 20% -Individual work

Test : 30%

WEEKS MODE CHAPTER / TOPIC

1
Topic: The History of Manuscripts and Personal Papers
11 Oct -14 Oct
 Terminologies
 History of papers and papermaking
Mass Lecture
 Types of archives and manuscripts
 Royal archives
 Business archives
 Organizational archives
 Ecclesiastical archives

2
Topic: Malay Manuscripts
17 Oct – 21 Oct  History
Mass Lecture
 Types
 Papers, Typography, Calligraphy, Ink,
Watermark

3
Topic: Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts
Mass Lecture  Medieval & Early Renaissance
24 Oct – 28 Oct
 Islamic Manuscripts
 Japanese Manuscripts

4 Topic: Developing Collections

 Tracing owners and collections
31 Oct – 4 Nov  Examination, conservation and preservation
Mass Lecture
 Accessioning
 Processing procedures
 Arrangement and description

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 5
Mass Lecture
Guidelines for collaboration & partnership
7 Nov – 11 Nov

6 Topic: Intellectual control and access

 Collection level: finding aids
Mass Lecture
14 Nov – 18 Nov  Item level control: calendaring, indexing,
digitizing and artificial arrangement, cataloging

MID-TERM BREAK I
21 Nov – 25 Nov 2022

7 Topic: Intellectual control and access

 Bibliographic records, reports and utilities:
28 Nov- 2 Dec NUCMC
Mass Lecture (National Union Catalog of Manuscript
Collection)
 Reference issues, privacy and copyright

8 Mass Lecture
Bibliographic and Intellectual Control
5 Dec – 9 Dec

9
Mass Lecture Topic: Digitizing manuscripts
12 Dec – 16 Dec

10
Mass Lecture Continue week 9 : Topic: Digitizing manuscripts
19 Dec – 23 Dec

MID-TERM BREAK II
26 DEC – 1 JANUARY

Topic: Outreach Programs:

The exhibition, public relations and outreach
11
Mass Lecture program
 Exhibition technique and procedures for
2 Jan- 6 Jan
manuscripts and personal papers.

12
Mass Lecture
Outreach program online
9 Jan – 13 Jan

13
Virtual museum
Mass Lecture
- Navigation on virtual museum
16 Jan – 20 Jan
- Important issues

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23 Jan – 27 Jan Mass Lecture
REVISION

15
30 Jan – 3 Feb
TEST

RECOMMENDED TEXT

Nordiana Mohd Nordin et.al. (Eds.). (2021). Globalisation of cultural heritage: Issues,
Impact and Challenges. Kuala Terengganu, UMT Press.

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of Chicago Press.

Ding, C. M. (2003). Kajian manuskrip Melayu: masalah, kritikan, dan cadangan.

Utusan Publications & Distributors.

Forde, H. (2007). Preserving archives (pp. 1-224). Facet.

Jones, R. (1993). European and Asian papers in Malay manuscripts. A provisional

assessment. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde, 149(3), 474-502.

Ming, D. C. (1987). Access to Malay manuscripts. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en

Volkenkunde, 143(4), 425-451.

O'Toole, J. M., & Cox, R. J. (2006). Understanding archives and manuscripts.

Society of American Archivists.

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia. (1997). Tradisi penulisan manuskrip Melayu.

Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia.

Quandt, A. B. (1996). Recent developments in the conservation of parchment

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Roe, K. (2005). Arranging and describing archives and manuscripts. Society of

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Rony, A. K. (1991). Malay manuscripts and early printed books at the Library of
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