Winter Term 2003
Meeting Time: Mondays, 9 – 12 noon
Location:  409 West Hall
Credits:  3 (counts towards ARM and IEMP specializations)
Course Web Site: www.si.umich.edu/Classes/655/
Course Alias: si655@umich.edu

Syllabus (MS Word file)

Course description and objectives

Requirements

Assignments

• Analytical Essays
• Case Study One: Electronic Evidence and Discovery
• Case Study Two: The APB Bank: Managing Electronic Records as an Authoritative Resource
• Group Projects

Evaluation

Readings

Week 1 (January 12) - Course Introduction and Overview

January 19 – NO CLASS - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Week 2 (January 26) - The Changing Nature of Communications, Organizations, Records, and Archives in the Electronic Environment

Week 3 (February 2) - The Characteristics of Electronic Records

Week 4 (February 9) - Technologies for Creating and Managing Electronic Records

Week 5 (February 16) - Electronic Recordkeeping: Issues of Authenticity and Authentication

February 23 – NO CLASS – Spring Break (read a novel!)

Week 6 (March 1) - Uses and Users of Electronic Records

Week 7 (March 8) - Appraisal Case Studies: The PROFS and GRS20 Lawsuits

Week 8 (March 15) – Management Strategies: Policy

Week 9 (March 22) - Management Strategies: Requirements, System Design, and Standards

Week 10 (March 29) - Management Strategies: Roles and Responsibilities

Week 11  (April 5) - Case Studies and Best Practices

Week 12 (April 12) - Long-Term Preservation: Managing Software Dependencies: The Technology Obsolescence Problem

Week 13 (April 19) - Archival Strategies for Electronic Records

Week 14 (April 26) - Unresolved Questions and Research Issues; Group Project Presentations