RGU Overview IRMS Scotland Continuing professional development in Information and Records Management RGU Overview f.cousins@rgu.ac.uk

Agenda Case Study Expertise Courses Modules Delivery Modes Engagement

Case Study Knowledge Transfer Project – IM Energy Forum, setting up an industry membership body ~weekly contact with industry representatives  solid understanding of need and market Developed a (very) short course – Document Control Foundation Started in 2012 and has had ~1000 students through it Gave the industry confidence in our commitment to CPD Another membership body approached Graduate Certificate Petroleum Data Management Central point is that RGU has, can and wants to engage with practitioner representatives to develop and provide flexible resources

RGU iSchool Expertise Knowledge Management Knowledge Organisation Information Retrieval Information Literacy Public and School Libraries Digital Heritage Records Management Family History and Local Studies Technical Data and Information Management Publishing and rights Public and Private Sector Information Management

Courses Undergraduate Postgraduate Graduate Certificate Information Studies Graduate Certificate Petroleum Data Management [not award bearing]Document Control Foundation Postgraduate MSc Information and Library Studies MSc Information Management

Modules •Information Technology in Business (SCQF level 9) •IT Networking (SCQF level 11) •Knowledge Organisation (SCQF level 11) •Managing Information Services •Managing Library Services (SCQF level 11) •Managing Subsurface Exploration and Production Data (SCQF level 9) •Networking (SCQF level 11) •Providing Data Management Services (SCQF level 9) •Records Management (SCQF level 11) •Research Methods (SCQF level 11) •The Data Management Lifecycle (SCQF level 9) •The Management of Organisation Knowledge (SCQF level 9) •Digital Age (SCQF level 11) •Cataloguing and Classification (SCQF level 11) •Concepts and Theories of Digital Curation (SCQF level 11) •Data Quality and Governance (SCQF level 9) •Databases •Databases Construction and Use (SCQF level 11) •Digital Curation Governance (SCQF level 11) •Document Control Foundation (SCQF level 9) •Information Literacy (SCQF level 9) •Information Society (SCQF level 9) •Information Studies (SCQF level 11) •Information Technology (SCQF level 9) All Postgrad modules (SCQF 11) can be undertaken as stand alone modules, though this is not obvious on our website. The hyperlinked items are particularly promoted as CPD, but any of the level 11 items can be taken as individual modules.

Delivery Modes All courses are available online MSc ILS is available on campus Some modules are available online as stand alone CPD units

Engagement We want to build deeper engagement with practitioners, particularly in the area of CPD, this requires Practitioner input Demonstrable market Engaged market We will be asking for your views, but if you have something to say, there’s no time like the present!