GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Archival Administrator

Address : Box 21906, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-1906

Telephone : (787) 763-6199; (787) 764-0000, exts. 5027, 5028, 1286

Fax : (787) 764-2311

E-mail : egcti@uprrp.edu

Portal : http://egcti.upr.edu

DEGREE OFFERED

Post Bachelor's Certificate in Archival Administrator

ACCREDITATION

American Library Association (Committee on Accreditation)

FACULTY

Eliut Flores -Caraballo , Ph.D, University of Texas, 1991, Professor.
Integration of information technology to teaching; Distributed learning; Knowledge management ; Consulting information services.

Susan J. Freiband , Ph.D, Rutgers University, 1973, Professor.
Information industry, its resources and services; Journals and bulletins on book marketing in Latin America; Public libraries .

Nitza M. Hernández López, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989, Professor. Communication and information flows in organizations; Organizational communication and information audits; Distance learning, Virtual collaboration and project management; Knowledge management; Cultural diversity and technology.

Asim Quayyum , Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2005, Assistant Professor.
Human document interaction; Digital libraries; Information seeking, sharing and management in communities of practice.

José A. Sánchez-Lugo , Ed.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1998, Associate Professor.
Effective technology integration to education and information services; Creation of on-line learning communities; Qualitative research; Process and product evaluation . Creation of Multimedia Information Products.

Carlos Suárez Balseiro , Ph.D., Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, 2004, Assistant Profesor. Management of information as an strategic resource; Basic principles of information management; Evaluative bibliometry; Cuantitative methods applied to the management of information units.

Betsaida Vélez-Natal , D.L.S, Columbia University, 1999, Associate Professor.
Bank management information need; Legal information; Archival and document management; Production and use of information; Qualitative research.

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda , Ph.D, University of Michigan, 1977, Professor.
Organization and retrieval of information; Administration in the information field; Diagnosis of information needs; Development of information and research skills; Communities of practice and purpose; Qualitative research; Multicultural and special clients studies in the information field.

POST-BACHELOR’S CERTIFICATE: ARCHIVAL ADMINISTRATOR

Requirements for Admission

  1. Grade point average of 3.00.
  2. Bachelor’s degree.
  3. An undergraduate course in Puerto Rican History and in U.S. History.

Requirements for Graduation

Complete 18 credits with a grade point average of 3.00.

Program of Study

Certificate Requirements

Credits

CINF 6208 Computerized Systems for the Integrated Handling of Documents

2

CINF 6209 Document Handling and Organization and Information Access

2

CINF 6300 Information Technologies(Basic)

2

CINF 6417 Documents Administrator

2

CINF 6419 Archives: Organization, Development and Legislation

2

CINF 6500 Creating Multimedia Information Products (Basic)

2

CINF 6507 Conservation, Preservation, and Restoration of Documents

2

CINF 6800 Clinical Experience in Information Services

1

Electives

3

Total Credits

18

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