College of Arts and Social Sciences
[INFORMATION STUDIES]
Course Portfolio
[Management of Current and Semi-current Archives]
INFO3611
Period: [spring 2015]
[Date]
Course File
I. COURSE FILE SUMMARY
1. COURSE INFORMATION
College/Institute/Centre
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department
INFORMATION STUDIES
Program Title
Semester\Year
Spring 2015
Program Code
English
Course Code
Management of Current and
Semi-current Archives
INFO 3611
Course Type
Mandatory
Course Title
Arabic
Pre Requisites
Teaching Language
Arabic
Credit Hours
Teaching Hours
Teaching Weeks
Lecture
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Practical/Fieldwork ----- (Weekly)
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Number of students
Lecture
Practical/Fieldwork
Number of Students dropped
1
Total
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2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENGLISH COURSE DESCRIPTION
ARABIC COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course deals with the theoretical
foundations and practical applications of
Management of Current and Semi-current
Archives, and explains the ways to
organize them and facilitate their
preservation, how to benefit from them and
to identify the systems, tools, and
techniques for electronic archiving, as well
as training programs on their use.
The course also aims to define for students
the basic concepts in the field of
management and organization and
preservation of electronic documents and
electronic archiving; as well as to identify
the organizations that work with the
document management, and legislation on
records and electronic archiving, especially
Omani legislation, and give the students
practical skills needed to manage electronic
documents, Finally, to inform students of
some national and international experiences
in the field of electronic archiving.
3. COURSE OBJECTIVES
Provide students with important information about the Management of Current
and Semi-current Archives, and develop their practical skills.
4. COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Will produce graduates with a new set of competencies based on the foundations
and practical applications of Management of Current and Semi-current Archives,
and who understand the ways to organize and facilitate their preservation, how to
benefit from them and identify the systems, tools, and techniques for electronic
archiving, as well as training programs on their use.
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5. LECTURES SCHEDULE
WEEK
TOPIC
1
The basic concepts of Management of Archives
The concept of Current archives
The concept of Semi-current Archives
2
Document Management Policy
responsible for document management
3
Principles of archives organization
4
Objectives of Archives management
5
Importance of archives management
6
Specifications and international standards for the management of archives
7
ISO15489:1:2001
8
Archival institutions:
• elements of archival institutions.
• jobs in archival institutions.
• types of archival institutions
The mid-exam
9
Archives in the Sultanate of Oman
• extent of interest in archives in the Sultanate of Oman
• archival legislation in the Sultanate of Oman
General Authority for Archives
10
Omani laws and legislation in the field of management of archives
11
Electronic systems for archives management
12
Properties of Electronic systems for archives management
13
Operations of Archives Administration
14
Operations of Archives Administration
15
Issues and challenges facing the electronic management of archives
16
Final exam
6. TEACHING STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION
Teaching Method
 Use of lecture style
 Use of style of student self-learning

Teaching Media
 Use of PowerPoint slides
 Accessing the Internet to search for
various sites that provide Electronic
systems for archives management
style and discussion
Use of practical applications in the
electronic management of archives
7. GRADING AND ASSESSMENT
POINTS
WRITTEN
ORAL
TERM PAPER
15%
15%
QZ 1
QZ 2
3
CONTINUOUS
20%
50%
Project of Electronic
systems for the
archives
management
Final Exam
8. COURSE RULES
Attendance
Attendance at class is mandatory. Course Instructors should keep attendance records. An
"absentee warning notice" will be issued if a student is absent for:
• More than 10% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 5% in courses with 75 or more total contact hours.
An "absentee withdrawal notice" will be issued and the student will be deemed to have
withdrawn from the course with an 'FW' grade if a student is absent for:
• More than 20% in courses with less than 75 total contact hours.
• More than 15% in courses with 75 to 150 total contact hours.
• More than 10% of total contact hours for courses with more than 150 total
contact hours.
9. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION
English Reference Books
1- Willams,Caroline (2006). Managing
Archives: Foundations, Principles and
Practice. Elsevie.
https://books.google.com.om/books?hl=a
r&lr=&id=yuiAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Ma
naging+Archives:+Foundations,+Principl
es+and+Practice&ots=dGE0wnrun&sig=zMWks5KpYYS1LvmlDH
TSm0cWG7c#v=onepage&q=Managing
%20Archives%3A%20Foundations%2C
%20Principles%20and%20Practice&f=fa
lse
2- Carl Newton, (2007) "Managing
Archives: Foundations, Principles and
Practice", Records Management Journal,
Vol. 17 Iss: 1, pp.63 – 65
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/0956569071073
0705
Arabic Reference Books
.‫ صباح محمد و عبد الستار شاكر سلمان‬,‫ كلو‬-1
‫المؤسسات الوطنية لألرشيف واتجاهاتها نحو‬.)2014(
‫ المجلة العراقية‬. ‫تكنولوجيا المعلومات واالتصاالت‬
.17-1 ‫ ص‬,2-1 ‫العددان‬,15 ‫ المجلد‬.‫للمعلومات‬
Lecture Notes/Hand-outs
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1http://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/Records
Management/RecordsManagementGener
alTrainingSessions.aspx
2- http://www2.archivists.org/profeducation/das
3- http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/arm
Electronic Materials, Web Sites etc.
Attachments
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LECTURES
LECTURE NOTES/HAND-OUTS
EXAMS SAMPLE
A SAMPLE OF STUDENTS’ ANSWERS
A SAMPLE OF EXERCISES AND STUDENTS’ ANSWERS
A SAMPLE OF ASSIGNMENTS AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
RESULTS AND GRADES
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