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LIS 223 Introduction to Archives & Records Management

ND2 levelComputing & ICT22 topics

LIS 223 covers 22 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Meaning of persons with special needs
  2. Groups of persons with special needs
  3. Social factors leading to special needs
  4. Economic factors leading to special needs
  5. Political factors leading to special needs
  6. Rural-urban migration and special needs
  7. Physical disabilities from accident and illness
  8. Natural causes of special needs
  9. Special needs of disadvantaged groups
  10. Need for library and information services to persons with special needs
  11. Constraints to providing services for persons with special needs
  12. Ways of reducing service provision constraints
  13. Meaning and characteristics of archives
  14. Historical development of archives and records management
  15. Archival records of significance
  16. Sources and uses of archival records
  17. Collection of archival records
  18. Storage and preservation of archival records
  19. Ethics in archival information handling
  20. Legal issues in collection and use of archival records
  21. Archive and records management techniques
  22. Challenges of archive management

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Meaning of persons with special needs

The term ‘persons with special needs’ refers to individuals who require additional support or accommodation to access information, services or environments. In archives and records management, understanding this concept is essential for ensuring that records are accessible to all users, complying with legal and ethical obligations, and promoting inclusive information practices.

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