MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Computing & Information Technology Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


LAR5520

The impact of technology on archives and records management

B Reed

8 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis This subject covers techniques, policies and legal issues for the management archiving of electronic records. It focuses upon the functional requirements for electronic records management, emphasising how to capture and manage evidence of business activities at work-group and corporate levels within organisations, how to make records accessible through time and over space for social and organisational purposes, when to dispose of them, and how to develop systems which comply with legal and organisational requirements including audit and quality assurance needs.

Assessment Project report: 60% + Practical assignment: 40%

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