Master of Information Management (Archives and Records)

• Course information
• Aims
• Entry requirements
• Special requirements
• Course structure
  • The course
• Major studies
  • Archives and records electives
  • Common electives
  • Library and information studies electives
• Assessment
• Credits/exemptions
• Further information
• Completed applications
• Details of subjects

Course information

Course code: 1680
Clayton campus
Fee paying course: course fee $6,000 in 1998
Overseas student fees: $12,075 in 1998

Aims

This course aims to educate information professionals to manage information in all media to meet the social and business needs of the community; to link the theoretical basis of recordkeeping to the best professional practices; and to understand and apply appropriate information technology to recordkeeping.

Entry requirements

An undergraduate degree and postgraduate diploma in librarianship or recordkeeping or a related discipline or an undergraduate degree with four to five years of professional experience.

Special requirements

Students should preferably have access to a PC with a CD-ROM drive and a modem. Access to the Internet, email and a web browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) via a commercial service provider.

Course structure

The course

The course of study is one year full-time or two to three years part-time.
The Master of Information Management comprises six elective subjects. To specialise in archives and records, candidates must take between four and six electives from the archives and records specialist electives or the common electives.
Up to two electives may be taken outside the archives and records stream, either from the library and information studies stream or, with permission, from the offerings of other courses or institutions.

Major studies

Archives and records electives

• LAR5002 Managing virtual archives
• LAR5003 Recordkeeping and the law
• LAR5004 Recordkeeping and accountability
• LAR5005 Social interaction and recordkeeping
• LAR5006 Auditing recordkeeping
• LAR5530 Managing the records continuum
• LAR5720 Electronic recordkeeping

Common electives

• LAR5008 Developing communities through the Internet
• LAR5011 Research and professional practice
• LAR5410 Preserving the memory
• LAR5440 Documenting Australia
• LAR5490 Evaluation and implementation of information systems
• LAR5630 Action and memory: the dynamics of community information
• LAR5640 Business records management

Library and information studies electives

• LAR5001 Managing virtual libraries
• LAR5007 Electronic publishing
• LAR5010 Developing information services in schools
• LAR5310 Management of library and information services
• IMS5012 Australian publishing industry
• IMS5013 Books and reading

Please note that subjects are offered subject to demand and staff availability.

Assessment

Assessment is based on research papers, project reports and practical assignments.

Credits/exemptions

There is provision for advanced standing and credit transfer. Please consult the course coordinator.

Further information

For more detailed information, contact Associate Professor Sue McKemmish, course coordinator, School of Information Management and Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Clayton campus. Telephone (03) 9905 2959, or fax (03) 9905 2952, or email sue.mckemmish@sims.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to Ms Genevieve Flore, graduate studies officer, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Clayton campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, by 16 November 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer.

Details of subjects

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