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the most frequently taught topics are also categories of core courses, the crucial areas of Archival
History and Archival Concepts are not, but still present important information defining the
profession and for the socialization of new archivists into the profession.
Topic Intensity
Frequency of topic presents an overall snapshot of a course and indicates
commonality of content. This does not really address the depth or importance placed by each
instructor on each topic. We measured the depth or intensity of teaching through an assessment
of the percentage of class time devoted to each topic in relation to the total number of course
hours. In this way we controlled for different lengths of semesters or quarters. Figure 4 shows
the averages of the percentage of time devoted to different topics in introductory courses in
schools of library and information and history departments. While the two venues have similar
patterns in the overall emphasis on different subjects, in all cases but three (Public history /
Exhibits, Types of Archives and Records Management) LIS schools spend a larger percentage of
time on most topics.
Figure 4. Comparative Percentages of Topical Content
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