LAR5520

The impact of technology on archives and records management

B Reed

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

Objectives At the completion of this subject students should have a broad appreciation of technological change over the past twenty years; understand the impact of technology on the forms and nature of the record; understand and be able to articulate and develop strategies and tactics to ensure effective recordkeeping in electronic environments; and be able to monitor software and systems developments for their implications on the recordkeeping endeavour.

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%

Prescribed texts

Bearman D Electronic evidence Archives and Museum Informatics, 1994