LIBR 257-01
LIBR 257-10
Records Management
Summer 2008 Greensheet
Meredith R. Evans Raiford, Ph.D.
E-mail
Phone: (202)994-1363
Office Hours: This is a totally online course. I am available online often. (Please note: On EST)
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Students must self-enroll for this course on Blackboard beginning June 1 and no later than June 19. The Blackboard access code will be provided after May 30, 2008 via MySJSU messaging.
Course Description
This course, Records Management is an introduction to the theories, methodologies, and technologies used in managing institutional information and records. Topics include the history of records management, the records' life cycle, record inventory and analysis, classification and filing, retention scheduling, equipment, and more.
Course Prerequisites: LIBR 200, 202, 204
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course a student should be able to:
- conduct a simple records survey and appraisal
- classify documents in various schemes
- understand and use a records retention/disposition schedule
- discuss current issues in records management including enterprise content management, electronic records such as instant messages and e-mail, RFID and information security
- understand and address current issues in records management including ethics, electronic records issues, and appropriate professional preparation for the field of records management
- provide records management services and management duties
LIBR 257 supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- compare the environments and organizational settings in which library and information professionals practice;
- recognize the social, cultural and economic dimensions of information use;
- apply the fundamental principles of planning, management and marketing/advocacy;
- use the basic concepts and principles related to the creation, evaluation, selection, acquisition, preservation and organization of specific items or collections of information;
- understand the system of standards and methods used to control and create information structures and apply basic principles involved in the organization and representation of knowledge.
In addition, this section supports the following SLIS Core Competencies:
- demonstrate proficiency in the use of current information and communication technologies, and other related technologies, as they affect the resources and uses of libraries and other types of information providing entities
- contribute to the cultural, economic, educational and social well-being of our communities
Textbooks and Readings
Required Text and Readings
The required textbooks for this course are:
- Saffady, William (2004). Records and Information Management: Fundamentals of Professional Practice, ARMA International.
- Stephens, David O. & Roderick C. Wallace. (2003). Electronic Records Retention: New Strategies for Data Life Cycle Management. ARMA International.
Recommended Text
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (2001). 5th ed. APA.
Go to SLIS eBookstore.
Course Requirements
Assignments
The following will contribute to your final grade:
| Participation | 100% |
| Site visit | 100% |
| Article critiques | 100% |
| Final Exam | 100% |
- Participation: due daily – last day to post response is clearly identified
- Responses to the Discussion Board questions, to enrich the learning environment.
- Site Visit: due June 22
- Hands on experience to become more familiar with the position and skill set of Records Manager. Student is required to interview a Records Manager in any type of organization or corporation of interest and tour their department. The final product will be a formal written paper to include a description and analysis of the experience and thoughts regarding the relationship between records management and formal education.
- Article Critiques: June 29, July 13, 27
- Written critiques of research-based articles taken from professional journals that pertain to records management. A full citation and link to the article or an attachment of the original article must accompany each submission. All summary analyses should be written APA style and should be no MORE than 2 pages in length.
- Final Exam: due August 8
- A take home exam that can be done throughout the semester to be used as a learning tool as well as an assessment of the knowledge the student gained.
All formal reports, critiques, exams should be typed/printed in Times New Roman size 12-font and double spaced with references in APA style. Grammar, punctuation, spelling, organization, and appropriate graduate level writing are expected. All assignments are due by 11:59pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)
Course Calendar
A detailed course outline is provided and posted on Blackboard. It contains a list of lectures and readings to review each week. All dates are subject to change with fair notice.
Grading
Grading criteria include: Following directions and asking questions in a timely fashion, completing all work on time and at an acceptable graduate level, showing evidence in your work of critical thinking skills and learning (integrating reading, prior knowledge, and new information). No Incompletes will be given except for devastating illness or circumstances late in the semester.
Grading Scale
The standard SJSU SLIS Grading Scale is utilized for all SLIS courses:
| 97-100 | A |
| 94-96 | A- |
| 91-93 | B+ |
| 88-90 | B |
| 85-87 | B- |
| 82-84 | C+ |
| 79-81 | C |
| 76-78 | C- |
| 73-75 | D+ |
| 70-72 | D |
| 67-69 | D- |
| Below 67 | F |
In order to provide consistent guidelines for assessment for graduate level work in the School, these terms are applied to letter grades:
- C represents Adequate work; a grade of "C" counts for credit for the course;
- B represents Good work; a grade of "B" clearly meets the standards for graduate level work;
- A represents Exceptional work; a grade of "A" will be assigned for outstanding work only.
Students are advised that it is their responsibility to maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0.
Late Assignments
Late assignments are discouraged. A grade for a late assignment will be lowered by a whole letter grade each day it is late.
Missing Assignments
A missing assignment will receive no credit at all.
Academic Integrity
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San José State University, and the University's Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The policy on academic integrity can be found at http://sa.sjsu.edu/student_conduct.
Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability,
please e-mail me as soon as possible. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires
that students with disabilities register with the Disability Resource Center
(DRC) to establish record of their disability.
No matter where students reside, they should contact the SJSU DRC to register. The DRC Web site: http://www.drc.sjsu.edu/
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Phone: 408-924-2490
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