Overview

Bringing together for the first time the views, experience and expertise of international experts in the RM field in the public and the private sectors, this book covers the theory and practice of managing electronic records as business and information assets. It focuses on the strategies, systems and procedures necessary to ensure that electronic records are appropriately created, captured, organized and retained over time to meet business and legal requirements. In addition to chapters covering principles and research and developments, there are case studies relating to practice and lessons learned. The chapters are written by a fully international line-up of contributors. This book explore issues and address solutions, not only for records professionals but also for information, IT and business administration specialists, who, as key stakeholders in managing electronic information, may have taken on key roles in managing electronic records in their organization. It will also be a key textbook for Records Management courses.

Full Product Details

Author:   Julie McLeod ,  Catharine Hare
Publisher:   Facet Publishing
Imprint:   Facet Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.200kg
ISBN:  

9781856045506

ISBN 10:   1856045501
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   02 April 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. The wild frontier ten years on - John McDonald 2. The use of standards and models - Hans Hofman 3. Metadata matters - Kate Cumming 4. Digital preservation - `the beautiful promise' - David Ryan 5. Research in electronic records management - Xiaomi An 6. Technologies for preservation - Richard J. Marciano and Reagan W. Moore 7. Legal issues - David O. Stephens 8. Ethics and electronic recordmaking - Verne Harris 9. Competencies - the asset that counts most: on developing human talents as a prerequisite for successful EDRM changes - Thijs Laeven 10. Records management: two case studies from the French private sector - Pierre Fuzeau 11. Implementing a solution for electronic recordkeeping in the public sector - Judith Ellis 12. Playing the long game - creating and maintaining the links in the value chain - Julie McLeod and Catherine Hare

Reviews

This is an important work that is, in effect, a compendium of the state of the art in electronic records research, theory and practice. - The Information Management Journal My own institution is in the early stages of considering these issues and I shall certainly be making use of many of the ideas and lists in the book, which truly offers something for everyone. - Ariadne My own institution is in the early stages of considering these issues and I shall certainly be making use of many of the ideas and lists in the book, which truly offers something for everyone. -- Ariadne Ariadne This is an important work that is, in effect, a compendium of the state of the art in electronic records research, theory and practice. -- The Information Management Journal

My own institution is in the early stages of considering these issues and I shall certainly be making use of many of the ideas and lists in the book, which truly offers something for everyone. -- Ariadne This is an important work that is, in effect, a compendium of the state of the art in electronic records research, theory and practice. -- The Information Management Journal

This is an important work that is, in effect, a compendium of the state of the art in electronic records research, theory and practice. -- The Information Management Journal My own institution is in the early stages of considering these issues and I shall certainly be making use of many of the ideas and lists in the book, which truly offers something for everyone. -- Ariadne

This is an important work that is, in effect, a compendium of the state of the art in electronic records research, theory and practice. - The Information Management Journal My own institution is in the early stages of considering these issues and I shall certainly be making use of many of the ideas and lists in the book, which truly offers something for everyone. - Ariadne My own institution is in the early stages of considering these issues and I shall certainly be making use of many of the ideas and lists in the book, which truly offers something for everyone. -- Ariadne This is an important work that is, in effect, a compendium of the state of the art in electronic records research, theory and practice. -- The Information Management Journal

This is an important work that is, in effect, a compendium of the state of the art in electronic records research, theory and practice. - The Information Management Journal My own institution is in the early stages of considering these issues and I shall certainly be making use of many of the ideas and lists in the book, which truly offers something for everyone. - Ariadne

Author Information

Dr Julie McLeod BSc MSc PhD PGCUTL MCLIP is a Reader and Programme Leader for Records Management courses at the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, Northumbria University. Catherine Hare BA PGCE MCLIP is Manager of the UK office of the Community of Science in Newcastle upon Tyne, and was until recently on secondment to the United Nations in New York. The contributors Xiaomi An; Kate Cumming; Judith Ellis; Pierre Fuzeau; Verne Harris; Hans Hofman; Thijs Laeven; Richard J. Marciano; John McDonald; Reagan W. Moore; David Ryan; David O. Stephens

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