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One of the biggest challenges faced by any organization today is that of managing electronic records, a vital but complex undertaking involving multiple roles within the organization and strategies that are still evolving. Bringing together for the first time the views, experience and expertise of international experts in the records management field in the public and the private sectors, this book covers the theory and practice of managing electronic records as business and information assets.
This book explores issues and offers 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 crucial roles in managing electronic records in their organization. It is also a key textbook for records management courses.
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
"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."
"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