Information Management Journal

Electronic records and recordkeeping systems are ubiquitous in most organizations. Only recently, though, have records professionals begun to realize their full power, potential, and uses. Electronic records have the power to capture ideas, notes,...

For a long time, records professionals reflected a deep irony about their professional mission and day-to-- day work. Although they were responsible in their organizations - and ultimately to society - for administration of all recorded information,...

Book Review: Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages TITLE: Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages, Sth Edition, 1999/2000 ISSN: 1074-0112 EDITOR: Steven Lewis PUBLISHER: The Systems Audit Group, Inc. PUBLICATION DATE: 1999 LENGTH: 320 pages PRICE: $101 members or non-members...

Book Review: Knowledge Management The Essentials TITLE: Knowledge Management: The Essentials EDITOR: Priscilla Emery PUBLISHER: Association for Information and Image Management International (AIIM International) ISBN: 089258-364-9 PUBLICATION DATE: 1999...

In December 1999, two paper-- dependent Maryland businesses - a law firm and an office equipment company - executed the first lease agreement made official with a digitally signed "electronic original." Using a digital certificate system supported by...

TITLE: Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages, 8th Edition, 1999/2000 ISSN: 1074-0112 EDITOR: Steven Lewis PUBLISHER: The Systems Audit Group, Inc. PUBLICATION DATE: 1999 LENGTH: 320 pages PRICE: $101 members or non-members SOURCE: ARMA...

AT THE CORE THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES: * legal problems and challenges in e-mail as an official recordkeeping technology * paper printouts as a surrogate for the original electronic record * role of recordkeeping systems in managing electronic records Two...

TITLE: Knowledge Management: The Essentials EDITOR: Priscilla Emery PUBLISHER: Association for Information and Image Management International (AIIM International) ISBN: 089258-364-9 PUBLICATION DATE: 1999 LENGTH: 47 pages PRICE: $47...

AT THE CORE THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES: * the high failure rate within the public-service sector of many strategic systems in sub-Saharan Africa that leaves broad gaps in data and records * reasons why developing countries do not have the resources to invest...

Preserving and archiving electronic records for extended periods of time requires attention to both technology and business issues. With the proliferation of software to produce electronic documents comes a growing need to store those documents in a...

Introduction For a long time, electronic commerce in the United States and worldwide operated in a partial vacuum. While the Internet created an ongoing boom in electronic business transactions large and small, that expanding sphere of commerce operated...

AT THE CORE THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES: * how records professionals must define their primary and unique contributions to managing digital resources and to developing new skills and new partnerships * ways in which primary data and information systems employed...

AT THE CORE THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES: * the nature of this project and its international agenda * durable concepts and models for electronic records * practical benefits of the research The International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic...

As we move into the 21st century, the need for rapid access to relevant knowledge has never been greater. The business world is increasingly competitive, and the demand for innovative products and services has yet to be satisfied. Governments and private...