1. RGU Overview IRMS Scotland
Continuing professional development in Information and Records Management
RGU Overview

2. Agenda
Case Study
Expertise
Courses
Modules
Delivery Modes
Engagement

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

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

8. 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!