The San Jose Solution - MARA: The Master of

Archives and Records Administration

The San Jose Solution - MARA: The Master of

Archives and Records Administration

Lori Lindberg, LecturerSan Jose State UniversitySchool of Library and information Sciencehttp://slisweb.sjsu.edu/

Lori Lindberg, LecturerSan Jose State UniversitySchool of Library and information Sciencehttp://slisweb.sjsu.edu/

Some SJSU SLIS stats: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

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

Why the MARA degree?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

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

Why MARA? #2Why MARA? #2

New laws We know we must know

more, keep more, and in different ways

Technology is driving much of it

New laws We know we must know

more, keep more, and in different ways

Technology is driving much of it

Why MARA #3?Why MARA #3?

Read the news! Buzzwords: compliance, evidence

Read the news! Buzzwords: compliance, evidence

A new twist:A new twist:

Graduate education doesn’t 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

Graduate education doesn’t 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

MARAMARA

Just accredited by WASC - an independent Master’s degree, MARA

MARA will be delivered entirely via DE

MARA:- first cohort Fall 2008- 42 units (14 courses)- Master of Archives and

Records Administration

Just accredited by WASC - an independent Master’s degree, MARA

MARA will be delivered entirely via DE

MARA:- first cohort Fall 2008- 42 units (14 courses)- Master of Archives and

Records Administration

Our solution: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.

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.

The ProgramThe 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

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

The BenchmarksThe Benchmarks

Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM)

Academy of Certified Archivists

SAA Guidelines for a Graduate Program in Archival Education

Emerging ARMA Core Competencies

Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM)

Academy of Certified Archivists

SAA Guidelines for a Graduate Program in Archival Education

Emerging ARMA Core Competencies

Philosophical Underpinnings

Philosophical Underpinnings

The Australian Recordkeeping Continuum

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

The Australian Recordkeeping Continuum

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

Course RotationCourse RotationF08 S09 Su09 F09 S10 Su10 F10 S11200 204 211 248 243 256 285 294202 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

Tuition and AdmissionsTuition 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.

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.

Who are the Faculty?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

Primarily me, but! 11 archives faculty, 2

full-time equivalent Instructors are CRMs,

CAs, PhDs, CDIMs and other certs

We will recruit others

Can we deliver this online?

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

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

Now we do DE by: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

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

Our Culture of InnovationOur 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

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

SJSU SLIS - Conveniently located everywhere

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

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

More on MARA: More on MARA:

http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/mara/index.htm

My page: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/lindbergl/lindbergl.php

http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/mara/index.htm

My page: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/lindbergl/lindbergl.php