Advanced Archives Management and Document Production
This course presents the evolution of the several recordkeeping professions and the development of theories of the identification and management of records and recordkeeping systems. This course provides a deeper understanding to the Participants as regards the diversity of records created and preserved from the past and those created, used and retained in the present. Specific problems of archival appraisal, the organization of and access to archives containing historical manuscript collections, the management and preservation of non-print records such as photographs and electronic records will be extensively addressed in this Archives curriculum.
Course Objectives
- Explore significance of records to individuals and organizations
- Analyze the changing definitions of records as information or evidence
- Identify the basic concepts and theories influencing archives and records management
- Describe the functions of archives
- Describe the functions of records management
- Analyze the uses of records in maintaining social memory
- Identify the specific challenges of managing electronic records
- Identify the specific challenges of managing visual records