Course Objectives:

1. Understand the scope of records and information management and the role of the records manager in business or governmental organizations.
2. Recognize the relationship of records management to other elements of information management, such as data processing, word processing, and telecommunications.
3. Apply the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling to the design and implementation of records management programs.
4. Implement the principles of a records retention program, including the inventory process and retention schedule development.
5. Plan and organize active records programs that include classification, retrieval, and control.
6. Plan and organize inactive records programs.
7. Plan and organize vital records protection programs.
8. Recognize the application of micrographics and related technologies including electronic document imaging.
9. Apply basic cost analysis, systems analysis, and problem solving techniques to records management functions.
10. Understand the career opportunities in records management and comprehend the professional, ethical, and legal responsibilities of the records manager.

Course Organization:

1. Introduction to records management
2. Records evaluation
3. Management of active records
4. Management of inactive records
5. Archival programs and relationships
6. Vital records
7. Micrographics/Image management
8. Automated information systems and related technologies
9. Records creation management
10. Selection of equipment and supplies
11. Administering records management programs
12. Ethical and legal concerns
13. Professionalism