BIM 042 - Records Management and Filing - Units 3

Prerequisites: Reading level II.

This course is designed to build an understanding of the basic principles and procedures for manual and electronic records storage and control. Specific rules for alphabetic indexing are studied and then applied to alphabetic, geographic, subject, and numeric methods of records storage. Management aspects of records control and evaluating records storage practices are included. A database filing program on personal computers to enhance the manual records control tasks is studied. This automated procedure provides the ability to create, store, manipulate, and create reports from electronic data files. (CSU)