1999 Distance Education Handbook - Master of Information Management (Library and Information Studies)

Master of Information Management (Library and Information Studies)

Course information
Aims
Entry requirements
Special requirements
Course structure
- The course
Major studies
Assessment
Credits/exemptions
Further information
Completed applications
Details of subjects

Course information

Course code: 1681
Clayton campus
Fee paying course: course fee $6,000 in 1998
Overseas student fees: $12,075 in 1998

This course aims to provide specialised and advanced study in library and information studies through elective subjects to enable students to gain the knowledge and skills vital to managing information in an electronic environment.

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 library and information studies, candidates must take between four and six electives from the library and information studies specialist electives or the common electives.
Up to two electives may be taken outside the chosen specialist stream, either from the archives and records stream or, with permission, from the offerings of other courses or institutions.

Major studies

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

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

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

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 Ms June Anderson, course coordinator, School of Information Management and Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Clayton campus.
Telephone (03) 9905 2950 or fax (03) 9905 2952, or email june.anderson@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

For content descriptions, please refer to previous entry for Master of Information Management (Archives and Records).