Erica,
I teach a Records Management class at UT-Arlington in their Continuing Education program and compete with the Gatlin course. I don't know much about it except that it is a self-directed online course built by a Certified Records Manager. I can't think of her name, but I would guess she does an excellent job with the material. I don't know what it counts as a certificate. I believe the course costs about $1500.
The course I teach is led in a classroom for one night a week, about three hours each class for 10 weeks. The curriculum is based mainly around the 1996 Robek, Stephens, et al textbook, Information and Records Management. UT-Arlington originally wanted to title the course "Records Management Certificate" or something similar for the purposes of marketing the class. The university does give me a certificate to distribute to class members who complete the course. It is a certificate of completion and I would guess this is what you would get from Gatlin also, certifying that you completed the requirements of the course. The class I teach costs $450 with a $350 price for members of about seven or eight specified associations including ARMA. The book runs just over $100 and is will soon be available as a Print on Demand product from the publisher, Glencoe. They are scanning it for that purpose even as we speak!
If I can be of any further assistance, let me know.
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Erica Lu
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 10:19 AM
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Subject: Questions about Certificate of Records Management
Hi, All,
I am a new subscriber to this list. I got my MLS degree 3 years ago and
after that I worked in several academic archives and also did some work on
records management, such as the creation of a records retention schedule
which I found very much match my interest. However, my MLS wasn't
concentrated in Records Management and my experience on RM is very limited.
I just found that there is an online training course by Gatlin Education
Services, named "Records Management Certificate". I read their course
objective and found it matches 80% of my study objectives.
My question is: has anybody here ever heard of this program? how do you
evaluate it?
Here is the link to the introduction of the program, can any of you take a
look at it, and as experienced RM's, do you think the program will provide
the students with the essential qualification that most of the employers are
looking for?
I just moved to a new state and currently unemployed. I think it might be a
good time for me to rethink my career path and I realized that Records
Management would be something that fits my interest the best. So, any of
your comments on this program would be highly appreciated or maybe you have
some better programs or suggestions to recommend.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Erica Lu
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