The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.
Library, archival and information studies
Keeping records safe and findable, from community archives to digitised periodicals.
- Status
- Open
- Fields
- 4
- Courses
- 1
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.
A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit. are written and reviewed by peers. A course plan with outcomes, modules and assessment, written before the lessons and reviewed before teaching starts. are A text awaiting review; it can change before it is used. until expert review.
How this page handles evidence
Every figure carries its measure, year, source and label. Unknown is shown as unknown.
- Verified
- A label: the item matches its primary record, such as the official table or the Crossref entry.
- Secondary source
- A label: the figure comes from a reliable report about the source, not from the source itself.
- To verify
- A label: the item is listed as found and still needs checking against its source.
Sources
No source is attached yet. Sources are added at review.
01Fields
The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.
- Archival research
- Community archives
- Digital preservation
- Cataloguing and metadata
02Classification
Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.
| Scheme | Code | Steward |
|---|---|---|
| OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.2 | 5.8 | OECD |
| ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013) | 0322 | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
03Courses
Proposed 1
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Archival research
Outline in preparation.
Wave 3 Planned
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
04Communities of practice
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Community of practice: Peer Review
A A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides. A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. that reviews the network’s content and outputs before use.
Proposed
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Community of practice: Culture, Heritage and Archives
A proposed community of practice on heritage records, oral history and archives.
Proposed
05Contribute to this field
Experts of every background teach, review and advance the field.
- 01
Course author
Write or revise a course of this field, from its outline to its lessons.
- 02
Expert reviewer
Review outlines, lessons and assessments in your field before teaching starts.
- 03
Translator
Translate courses and pages of this field into the languages of the community.
- 04
Steward
Keep the field’s map of courses, sources and Anyone who writes, reviews, translates or teaches here, from any background, named only with consent. current.
06Related service subsites
07More in this department
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Journalism
Gathering, checking and reporting news, and keeping journalists safe, in the region and in exile.
0 courses4 fields
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Media and information literacy
Judging sources, spotting manipulation and sharing information with care, in every Kurdish variety.
1 course4 fields
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Media and communication studies
How satellite television, radio and online platforms shape Kurdish public life.
0 courses4 fields
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@misc{kco2026_learn_disciplines_archival_library_studies, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Library, archival and information studies}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/archival-library-studies/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/archival-library-studies/}, }- RIS
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