Checking date: 14/05/2022


Course: 2023/2024

Documental information law
(15849)
Bachelor in Library and Information (Blended learning) (Plan: 250 - Estudio: 210)


Coordinating teacher: ASIS ROIG, AGUSTIN EUGENIO

Department assigned to the subject: Public State Law Department

Type: Basic Core
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course:
Semester:

Branch of knowledge: Social Sciences and Law



Description of contents: programme
Lesson 1: Information and Law: 1. The legal relevance of information and documentation.- 2. Information and documentation' Law.- 3. The information and documentation policies. Lesson 2: Legal institutions of the documentation: 1.- Introduction to legal documentation. 2. - Law Institutions in historically valued Documentation - 3. Administrative and Judiciary Information and Documentation Law. 4.- Other documentation special norms. Lesson 3: The legal value of documentation. 1. Documentation's legal value. 2.- The Documentary proof. 3.- The electronic documents' juridical value standards. 4.- Files, Records, repositories and publicly available sources Lesson 4: The Right of access to information and transparency: 1. The right of access to information and documentation: their constitutional and international dimensions.- 2. Right of access and transparency.- 3. Information's duties.- 4. Special regimes of access (historical information, research, environmental, reuse of public sector information).- Lesson 5: Limits in information¿s right of access and use: 1.- Legal limits on information¿s access and use. 2. - Confidentiality, secrecy, and professional secrecy.- 3. Intellectual and industrial property. - 4. The public interest (Secret, security, exercise of public functions).-5. Other limits, in information¿s right of access and use. Lesson 6: Professional and liability dimensions on managing of information and documentation: 1. The professional dimension managing information 2. Administrative, civil and labor liability. 3. Criminal liability
Learning activities and methodology
1. Lectures for discussing the main topics included in the course programme. 2.- Student personal work resolving theoretical and practical questions about the topics covered in classes . 3. Tutoring for concept clarification and guidance in resolving personal works. 4. Drafting Reports, guides or other documents on the Document management . 5. Theoretical and Practical Exams.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50
Calendar of Continuous assessment

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.