Information Advocacy

Postgraduate | 2026

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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
INFO 5016
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Course ID
203948
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course owner
Adelaide University
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Course level
5
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
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Single course enrolment
Yes

Course overview

The aim of this course is to introduce the concepts of advocacy, marketing, and social media marketing for information management in libraries, archives, and records management. Course content will include advocacy, marketing management, target markets, marketing mix, brand marketing, marketing plans and policies. The course will also include social media marketing for GLAMR organisations, which will cover an introduction to social media marketing, social consumers, digital communities, social influencers, user experience, user-centred design, and ethics of social media.

Course learning outcomes

  • Apply social media market models to libraries, archives, and records management organisations.
  • Create campaigns for marketing and social media marketing.
  • Compare and contrast social media marketing campaigns in GLAMR organisations.
  • Evaluate and examine zones of social media and apply them to GLAMR organisations.
  • Analyse marketing and social media marketing programs.
  • Analyse, explain and adapt social media tools for a particular GLAMR organisation.
  • Analyse and evaluate advocacy campaigns and programs of libraries, archives, and records management world wide.

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

N/A

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