Course overview
The aim of this course is to provide students with an overview of the history, philosophy, purpose, political context, regulatory frameworks, ethics and processes relevant to professional practice within libraries, archives and records services.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate reflective practice and understanding of goal setting required by professional competencies.
- Identify and describe the key functions., practices., services and regulatory frameworks of an information service.
- Research and synthesise primary and secondary sources to demonstrate understanding of wider political, economic, social, cultural, educational, technological, and environment factors and events which may impact on the profession.
- Synthesise industry competencies, professional ethics and cultural understanding to communicate a vision of the contemporary information management profession.
- Create multimedia compliant with industry copyright and intellectual property standards.
- Demonstrate industry-compliant communication standards by preparing documentation suitable for management and administration of information services.