Electronic Records & Information Systems Management
This course addresses the major issues and challenges facing the archival/records management professions in their quest to effectively manage electronic records. Students will study and evaluate the impact automation has had on archival theory and practice, and will analyze various models and strategies archivists have developed to manage electronic records.
Course Objectives
- Understand the nature of electronic records
- Understand how data and information systems work, and how they differ from recordkeeping systems
- Become familiar with various models and methodologies for analyzing and describing information systems
- Be aware of the social, legal, and policy implications of managing electronic records
- Understand the impact automation has had on archival theory and practice
- Become familiar with the various strategies archivists have developed for appraising, describing, and preserving electronic records
- Be able to evaluate and compare the various implementation strategies presently proposed for managing electronic records
- Be able to identify viable research needs and suggest alternate approaches to the management of electronic records