Institutional Archives

Dept. Code: 
G57
Course Number: 
2016
Course Credits: 
4
Course Instructor: 
Robert Sink
Course Format: 
Colloquium
Offered Online: 
No

Traces the rise of modern bureaucratic organizations -- businesses, governments, and nonprofits -- and their relationship to the documentary record. Examines the history and nature of institutional recordkeeping, the records and information needs of organizations, records management theory and practice, and the challenges posed by electronic records.