Records Management Quarterly articles from January 1997

Records Management Quarterly archives from January 1997

Information Management Legislation in the Last Quarter of the 20th Century: A Records Management Disaster
January 1, 1997... On October 3, 1977, the Commission on Federal Paperwork issued its final report to the President of the United States. The report said, Information Resources Management is the answer! It did not state what the question was. The essence of the...

Evaluating Hybrid Systems
January 1, 1997... According to the Delphi Consulting Group we are now witnessing the release of "third generation" automated workflow packages. These third generation packages have been designed to facilitate a collaborative effort between MIS professionals and end...

Cost Benefit Analysis
January 1, 1997... Today's Records and Information Management (RIM) professionals must be proficient in all aspects of business management as organizations seek to cut costs, improve productivity, and justify every aspect of their operations. Conducting a cost...

So You Want to Be a Consultant
January 1, 1997... Once upon a time, the perception of a consultant was that of an annoying, bespectacled, "nerdy" little Casper Milquetoast guy in a three-piece suit, with business cards, a briefcase, a slide presentation in tow, and working at least 50 miles from...

Selecting an Offsite Commercial Records Center
January 1, 1997... Over the last 15 years, American businesses have witnessed an explosive growth in the volume of documentation and information which they are required to retain. Although predictions have been bantered about for more than a decade, the "paperless...

Statutes of Limitation and Records Retention
January 1, 1997... This article is intended to provide accurate information in regard to the subject matter covered. The publisher and author are not engaged in rendering legal services. If legal or other professional assistance is required, the services of a...

Do Electronic Objects Create Business Risk?
January 1, 1997... Contemporary advances in computing technology and the increasing sophistication of document management software are offering very attractive solutions to improving any organization's business processes by providing fast, flexible, and productive...

The Future of Bureaucracy
January 1, 1997... Whether liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, Communist or Fascist, teenager or octogenarian, all of us can agree on one thing: Bureaucracy is bad. Bureaucracy is what burdens the elderly on their deathbeds with reams of paperwork which...

Records Management: A Practical Guide for Cities and Counties.
January 1, 1997... Records and information management is records and information management. The basic RIM principles work for all industries. However, as industries do differ so do these differences affect their organizations' records and information. These...

Confronting the Big Lie: A Neo-Luddite Manifesto
January 1, 1997... The world wants to be deceived. Sebastian Brant (1485-1521) Ship of Fools Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-) Note: This essay questions the uncritical preoccupation with technology...

Statutes of Limitation and International Records Retention
January 1, 1997... Readers of this column may recall several previous articles in which we discussed laws of various countries requiring business corporations or other regulated parties to retain certain types of records for specified periods of time. In...