INF529 Organisational and Personal Records (8)

This subject provides an overview of recordkeeping and archiving across a range of organisational contexts. It considers how regulatory, policy and funding frameworks in different sectors affect recordkeeping. The contexts covered include government agencies, international organisations, companies, indigenous organisations, not for profit organisations, religious organisations, schools and museums. There is a focus on how communities, both physical and virtual, maintain their records. The subject also considers personal records, including issues involved for stakeholders when personal and family records are donated to public collections.

Subject Outlines
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Availability

Session 2 (60)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: INF529. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Information Studies

Enrolment Restrictions

Not available to students who have completed INF317 Organisational and Personal Records.

Subject Relationships

INF317 Paired Subject

Incompatible Subjects

INF317

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to analyse and critically review complex recordkeeping and archiving challenges for organisations in the public and private sectors;
  • be able to apply expert knowledge of frameworks for recordkeeping for organisational records;
  • be able to develop and apply solutions that support effective management of community records;
  • be able to demonstrate expert knowledge of issues and challenges for personal recordkeeping; and
  • be able to identify and critically evaluate stakeholder perspectives relating to the management of private records in public collections.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Standards and frameworks
  • Government recordkeeping and archiving
  • Indigenous recordkeeping and archiving
  • Personal recordkeeping
  • Business recordkeeping
  • Community recordkeeping
  • Recordkeeping in education and research
  • Archives in museums/museums as archives
  • Managing private records in public collections

Contact

Current Students

For any enquiries about subject selection or course structure please contact Student Central or ask@csu.edu.au or phone on 1800 275 278.

Prospective Students

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 275 278 (free call within Australia) or enquire online.

The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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