This will be brief...this book "Records and Information Management: Fundamentals of Professional Practice", is an easy and very understandable read. As a grad student, I could not have asked for a better introduction to the profession. The only bad thing that I could say about it is that the next edition is not due out for a few more months, and I will probably purchase that one to acquire knowledge concerning the changes that have happen since the current edition! Buy it, it is worth its weight in gold!