Many organizations do not yet have a formal programme of records management, but increasingly they are recognizing the benefits of well managed records and the serious consequences of inadequate records systems. Establishing records management and maintaining an effective programme requires specialist expertise. This essential manual of practice provides a detailed guide to the concepts, skills and techniques of records management for organizational staff who have a responsibility for setting up, maintaining or restructuring a records management programme. It offers invaluable advice on the management of records in both electronic and traditional paper media, and focuses on the following areas: understanding records management analysing the context for records management classifying records and documenting their context creating and capturing records; managing appraisal, retention and disposition maintaining records and assuring their integrity providing access implementing records management. The appendices provide a wealth of additional information including a list of standards for records management, an annotated bibliography and sources of further information, and details of professional and advisory bodies. Readership: This much needed manual is an indispensable purchase for organizations wishing to introduce better practices for managing their records. The book is intended to be of value to experienced records managers as well as LIS practitioners and newcomers to the field. It should be on the desk of every manager and every information professional with responsibility for records management.
Electronic records management offers cost savings, greater efficiency, and protection in case of legal action; this book gets you started on an effective data management system This plain-English guide helps you determine what constitutes a ...
This comprehensive guide offers users both a strategic overview of current ERM issues and a practical road map for implementing specific ERM solutions.
Readership: This book explores issues and addresses 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 ...
Electronically stored information (ESI): Identify “hot,” “warm,” and “cold” sites to accommodate electronic records. Consider cloud-based solutions. Be sure systems, applications, and system documentation are stored along with the ...
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A practical approach to developing and operating an effective programme to manage hybrid records within an organization.
PD 0010 Principles of Good Practice for Information Management identifies features common to all information-handling processes, independent of specific technological devices, setting out five principles which would remain applicable ...
This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data).
A thought-provoking book which questions the received wisdom and suggests radical new solutions to the very real issues records management faces.
Introduction Business disputes in the form of litigation can be small or large, from individual client challenges to major class action suits about particular business activities. Litigation is not new to the financial sector.