The San Jose Solution MARA: The Master of Archives and Records Administration

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The San Jose Solution - MARA The Master of
Archives and Records Administration

• Lori Lindberg, Lecturer
• San Jose State University
• School of Library and information Science
• http//slisweb.sjsu.edu/

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Some SJSU SLIS stats

• SJSU SLIS is the largest ALA-accredited (through
  2014) graduate program in the world with over
  2000 students
• We presently offer one degree, the MLIS, but soon
  MARA
• The Archives and Records Management
  specialization within the MLIS has approximately
  150 students
• Our school began offering DE courses in 1996
• We are named the 1 e-learning provider in our
  discipline by U.S. News World Report
• SJSU SLIS is a member of WISE

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Why the MARA degree?

• We live in a much more complex and interrelated
  world
• Our jobs as recordkeepers are changing and
  becoming much more critical than ever before,
  yet, we have a problem letting the right people
  know that

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Why MARA? 2

• New laws
• We know we must know more, keep more, and in
  different ways
• Technology is driving much of it

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Why MARA 3?

• Read the news!
• Buzzwords compliance, evidence

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A new twist

• Graduate education doesnt get you there
• Graduate education needs to expand
• It is a need in both the public and private
  sectors
• Legal warrant, standardization efforts, research,
  professional competency initiatives - all are
  pushing this development

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MARA

• Just accredited by WASC - an independent
  Masters degree, MARA
• MARA will be delivered entirely via DE
• MARA
• - first cohort Fall 2008
• - 42 units (14 courses)
• - Master of Archives and Records
  Administration

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Our solution

• To offer a totally online Master's degree run in
  the cohort model. Cohorts will take 2 courses a
  semester and graduate in just under three years.
  As part of the program, students will be prepared
  to take the certifying examinations of the
  Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM)
  and the Academy of Certified Archivists.

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The Program

• Before commencing the program all incoming
  students are required to take an online new
  student technology workshop.
• MARA 200 The Record and the Recordkeeping
  Professions
• MARA 202 Information Technology, Records,
  and the Information Age
• MARA 204 Management of Records and
  Archival Institutions
• MARA 210 Records Creation, Appraisal and
  Retention
• MARA 211 Records Access, Storage and
  Retrieval
• MARA 243 Recordkeeping Program Analysis,
  Design and Evaluation
• MARA 248 Standards and Structures for
  Records and Recordkeeping
• MARA 249 Electronic Recordkeeping Systems
  and Issues in Electronic Recordkeeping
• MARA 256 21st Century Archival Methods
• MARA 259 Records and Information
  Preservation and Security
• MARA 285 Research Methods in Records
  Management and Archival Science
• MARA 289 Advanced Topics in Archives and
  Records Administration (ePortfolio)
• MARA 292 Professional Certification
• MARA 294 Professional Experience
  Internships

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The Benchmarks

• Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM)
• Academy of Certified Archivists
• SAA Guidelines for a Graduate Program in Archival
  Education
• Emerging ARMA Core Competencies

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Philosophical Underpinnings

• The Australian Recordkeeping Continuum
• The Continuum incorporates the traditional
  lifecycle approach to recordkeeping, but with
  some dramatic additions

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Course Rotation
F08 S09 Su09 F09 S10 Su10 F10
S11 200 204 211 248 243 256 285 294 202
210 259 249 211 292 289 200
204 248 243 202 210 259 249
200 204 202
210 cohort 1 enters Fall 2008 cohort 2
enters Fall 2009 cohort 3 enters Fall 2010
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Tuition and Admissions

• MARA students will be classified as Special
  Session. Fees for MARA courses through Special
  Session are 439 per unit, or 18,877 for the
  degree.
• At least a B.A. or B.S. degree from a regionally
  accredited institution in any discipline with 3.0
  minimum GPA on the most recent 60 semester units
  (or 90 quarter units) of coursework.
• The School requires that all students have
  computer access from home or work.
• The School also requires that all students have a
  general understanding of computers and
  technology.

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Who are the Faculty?

• Primarily me, but!
• 11 archives faculty, 2 full-time equivalent
• Instructors are CRMs, CAs, PhDs, CDIMs and other
  certs
• We will recruit others

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Can we deliver this online?

• We are old-timers at this DE stuff
• Some technology we have abandoned for more
  effective delivery methods
• Started with our University IRC, using
  synchronous audio and short-circuit television to
  broadcast to Fullerton campus and vice-versa

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Now we do DE by

• SLISweb
• Blackboard Learning Management System
• Elluminate Live! Web-Conferencing software for
  synchronous and asynchronous content delivery
• In-house audiovisual production webcasting,
  streaming audio/video, podcasting
• Plone Content Management System - e-portfolio web
  tool
• Second Life

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Our Culture of Innovation

• SLIS funding model allows us to invest in
  cutting-edge technology independent of the
  University computing infrastructure
• All technological infrastructure and
  administration is borne and managed by SLIS

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SJSU SLIS - Conveniently located everywhere

• Our online home
• http//slisweb.sjsu.edu
• More on our tech infrastructure
• http//slisweb.sjsu.edu/coa2007/
• Check out Standard VI Physical and Virtual
  Resources and Facilities

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More on MARA

• http//slisweb.sjsu.edu/mara/index.htm
• My page http//slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/li
  ndbergl/lindbergl.php