Managing Records As Evidence and Information.

Cover -- Managing Records as Evidence and Information -- Contents -- Preface -- NOTES -- Chapter 1 Starting Policy: Defining Records -- INTRODUCTION: DANCING AROUND DEFINITIONS -- THE REDISCOVERY OF THE RECORD AS EVIDENCE RATHER THAN INFORMATION SOURCE -- TERMINOLOGICAL PROBLEMS: "ARCHIVES" IN THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONS -- SOLUTIONS FOR RE-ESTABLISHING THE CENTRALITY OF THE RECORD AS A BASIC WORKING CONCEPT FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONS AND THEIR POLICIES -- ANOTHER PROBLEM: RECORDS AND MANUSCRIPTS -- FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EVIDENCE IN RECORDKEEPING AND THEIR WARRANT -- CONCLUSION: STEERING, NOT ROWING -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Driving Policy: Focusing on Records, Not Technology -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY RECORDS ARE IMPORTANT IN THE INFORMATION AGE -- RESEARCHING ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT -- RETHINKING WHY RECORDS ARE CREATED AND NEED TO BE MANAGED -- LESSONS FROM RECORDS IN THE NEWS -- REMEMBERING WHY RECORDS ARE IMPORTANT TO RECORDS PROFESSIONALS -- COMPUTER LITERACY AND RECORDS PROFESSIONALS -- WHY TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT RESOLVE ALL PROBLEMS -- CONCLUSION: RECORDS, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLICY -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 The Policy's Spine: Appraising and Maintaining Records -- INTRODUCTION: THE SEPARATE ROADS OF RECORDS MANAGERS AND ARCHIVISTS -- STARTING OVER: THE ADVENT OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND THE IDEA OF PRESERVATION -- BLOWN TO BITS: ELECTRONIC RECORDS, ARCHIVY, AND THE CORPORATION -- ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND THE DEMISE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING -- ARCHIVAL APPRAISAL PRINCIPLES -- CONCLUSION: APPRAISAL, SCHEDULING, AND THE MANAGING OF RECORDS -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 The Policy's Aim: Reaching the Public -- INTRODUCTION: NO MAGIC BULLETS -- THE IMAGE OF RECORDS AND RECORDS PROFESSIONALS -- THE BEGINNING OF THE IMAGE: A CHILD'S VIEW OF ARCHIVES AND RECORDS -- COMMUNICATING MORE THAN TWO BITS IN THE ORGANIZATION: THE START OF POLICY.

THE GREATEST CHALLENGE: PRIVACY, ACCESS, AND HUMAN VALUES IN RECORDS POLICY -- CONCLUSION, OR BITING THE BULLET -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 Supporting Policy: Educating Records Professionals -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTINUING ISSUES FACING NORTH AMERICAN ARCHIVAL EDUCATION -- THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF RECORDS KNOWLEDGE -- EDUCATION AND THE INFORMATION AGE -- CONTINUING EDUCATION AND RECORDS PROFESSIONALS -- ADVOCACY IN THE GRADUATE ARCHIVES CURRICULUM -- NOTES -- Index -- About the Author.

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