LIBR 257
Records Management
Summer 2004

Dr. Nancy Burns
Email: nancybur@swbell.net
nburns@slis.sjsu.edu

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course develops the role of records management as an adjunct to, and diversification of, library and information management skills. Records management is concerned with the life cycle of a record from creation until ultimate destruction or retention in an archive.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the completion of this course a student should be able to:
- complete a records inventory
- classify documents in a variety of schemes
- comprehend and define a retention schedule
- manage a records department
- provide records management services.

This course addresses the teaching goal of the School: Teaching students the major theories, important principles, and current practice in the following areas: The principles and practices of management as specifically applied to information environments; One or more specialized aspects of information management;Other relevant disciplines.

TEXT:

Required:
Robek, Brown & Stephens. (1995). Information and records management. 4th
Ed. Glencoe.

Stewart & Melesco. (2002) Professional Records and Information
Management. 2nd Ed. Glencoe McGraw-Hill.

BLACKBOARD:

Students should enroll in the Blackboard site for this class between now and June 1. Go to http://tigris.sjsu.edu and find the course listed under Summer 2004.

GRADING:

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