Records Management Quarterly articles from July 1989

Records Management Quarterly archives from July 1989

The Odyssey of Records Managers
July 1, 1989... The Odyssey of Records Managers Part I: From the Dawn of Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire A journey through the history of records management, 4000 B.C.-1950 A.D., with a glance at the future, to assess the overall meaning of...

AIDS and Confidentiality: The Records Manager's Dilemma
July 1, 1989... AIDS and Confidentiality: The Records Manager's Dilemma Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) affects all of us as it strikes down increasing numbers of people, who will inevitably include our co-workers, neighbours, friends, and perhaps our...

The Information Media Matrix: A Strategic Planning Tool
July 1, 1989... The Information Media Matrix: A Strategic Planning Tool The Information Media Matrix is a new tool to assist records managers in both matching the application to the medium and retrieving stored information. Through the use of a computerized...

Information Systems Architectures
July 1, 1989... Information Systems Architectures In this article, the author explains the use of information systems architectures and discusses methods for their planning and development. Any organization today, whether it is a business concern, an...

Guidelines for the Development of Local Government Records Legislation
July 1, 1989... Guidelines for the Development of Local Government Records Legislation This article outlines the key components necessary for the development of general and comprehensive local government records legislation. These components may be used to aid...

A Visit to Japan
July 1, 1989... A Visit to Japan With a group of archivists and educators, I visited Japan recently, invited as the token records manager. Our hosts prepared an exhausting schedule of visits to the national archives, and those of some prefectures, the...

Records Management Handbook.
July 1, 1989... "Philosophically Speaking" One of the greatest problems periodically faced by this reviewer is the relative narrowness of the field within which books are published to be reviewed. Records management, after all, covers only one small niche...

Microcomputers in Records Management.
July 1, 1989... "Microcomputers in Records Management" A major barrier to communication has always been the use of words or phrases by one group to have special meaning within that group while meaning something rather different to another group. Certainly,...

Legal Considerations for Records Management-Business Risk Decisions
July 1, 1989... Legal Considerations for Records Management-Business Risk Decisions Organizations face critical legal decisions related to their records and information management programs. What records must be maintained to meet the requirements of state and...

1989 ARMA international directory of collegiate schools offering courses and majors in records and information management. (directory)
July 1, 1989... 1989 ARMA International Directory of Collegiate Schools Offering Courses and Majors in Records and Information Management The following Directory was compiled by the ARMA International Headquarters, Education Section, to provide assistance...