Course code

INT6019.DT

old course code

INT6019

Course title in Estonian

Dokumendihalduse alused

Course title in English

Basics of Records Management

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To develop a basic knowledge of document and archive management.

Brief description of the course

Introduction into the main conceptions. The terms and conceptions of document management. General characteristics of paper-based and electronic document management. The concepts of document and archive management, documentation activities, document and archive record, document’s life-cycle. Legal environment of document and archive management: governmental and ministerial decrees, directives, standards, local authorities’ decrees, codes of good practise in document and archive management. Document system, documents, the processes in document and archive management, creation and receiving of the documents, registration, classification, defining of the preservation time limit, access, monitoring of the document usage and movement, separation of the documents, technology, the level of responsibility in document and archive management.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
By the end of this course the student should be able:
To use knowledge in professional activities;
To create a conceptual frame-work in document management.

Teacher

K. Riismaa MA

Study programmes containing that course

Information Science (INITB/13.DT)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/13.HT)
Information Science (INITB/12.DT)
Reviewer-Editor (EKRTB/12.HT)
Information Science (INITB/11.DT)
Information Science (INITB/10.DT)
Information Science (INITB/10-1.DT)
Information Science (INITB/09.DT)
Information Science (INITB/08-2.DT)
Information Science (INITB/08.DT)
Information Science (INITB/08-1.DT)
Information Science (INITB/07.DT)
Information Science (INITB/06.DT)
Information Science (INITB/05.DT)