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Technologies for Information Services
Postgraduate | CUR-INFM120 | 2022
Course information for 2022 intake
Upgrade your knowledge of information services technologies. Note issues created by evolving technology. Study records interfaces and how they impact user experience.Store what you need to know about technology features and functions for later use.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Technologies for Information Services
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- evaluate the features and functions, and the important social and professional issues related to technology for information services
- assess and apply information management technologies to successfully complete a range of information profession-related tasks
- research and contextualise the practical application and theoretical issues raised by evolving technological tools in information management services
- communicate effectively using scholarly writing, written reports, multimedia, and social media
- demonstrate an appropriate understanding of academic integrity principles and apply academic writing, referencing and acknowledgement conventions required for the discipline.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
The use, evaluation and communication of technologies to maintain and improve information services. Examines the practical and operational application of computing infrastructure, data provision and maintenance; and user experience and interfaces, within the disciplinary use by librarians, records managers and archivists.
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- Exercise (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-INL-GDI-2022 - Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies
- CUR-INR-GDI-2022 - Graduate Diploma in Records Management and Archives
- CUR-INM-MAS-2022 - Master of Information Management
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-INL-GDI
PostgraduateCUR-INR-GDI
PostgraduateCUR-INM-MAS
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE