Curricular Unit:			Code:
File and Library Management			1043GABI
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Specialization	Clinical Secretariat	1 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	13
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
- To know the principles of modern archives; - To understand the set of rules, procedures and methods of the processing, production, evaluation, use and archiving of documents; - To understand the procedures of organization and planning of librarian collections in order to respond to different information needs.
Syllabus:
1. Types of records and their functions 1.1. Management of current records 1.2. Integrated Document Management and Workflow 2. Types of libraries and their functions 2.1. Management of library services 2.2. Types of users 2.3. The ICT impact.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
It is intended that the students apprehend the basic rules of the records and library management.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Lectures and illustration with case studies.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Identify and explain the procedures to control the workflow of information in archives and the information management in libraries, using case studies.
Reading:
Freitas, Judite A. Gonçalves de (ed.), Ciência da Informação: Introdução ao seu estudo, Porto: Edições UFP, 2013. Rodrigues, Ana Márcia Lutterbach, A teoria dos arquivos e a gestão de documentos, Perspectivas. Ciência da Informação, Belo Horizonte, v. 11, n. 1, p. 102-117, jan./abr. 2006. Simões, Maria da Graça & Freitas, Maria Cristina Vieira de, A Classificação em arquivos e em bibliotecas à luz da teoria da classificação: pontos de convergência e de divergência, Ponto de Acesso, Salvador, V.7, n.1, p. 81-115, abr 2013.