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Records and Information Managment

University of Pittsburgh
Dept. Code: 
LIS
Course Number: 
2230
Course Credits: 
3
Course Instructor: 
Alison Langmead
Course Format: 
Lecture
Offered Online: 
No

Contemporary approaches to records and information management (RIM); concepts, tools and best practices that help information professionals create useful and sustainable recordkeeping systems; physical and digital recordkeeping; metadata classifications and filing systems; records retention; role of standards, policy, law, ethics and tradition. Prerequisite LIS 2220.

Relates to GPAS Component(s): 
Allied Professions
Appraisal and Acquisition
Arrangement and Description
Digital Records and Access Systems
Ethics and Values
History of Archives and the Archival Profession
Management and Administration
Organizational Theory
Outreach and Advocacy
Records and Cultural Memory
Records and Information Management
Reference and Access
The Nature of Records and Archives