Information Management Journal articles from April 1999

Information Management Journal archives from April 1999

Toward the Future: The Impact Issues.
April 1, 1999... In the October 1998 issue of this journal, J. Michael Pemberton, the newly appointed executive editor, highlighted a series of quality-directed initiatives designed to "attain the high level of excellence we and our readers expect and to...

Managing Digital Information: The Emerging Technologies.
April 1, 1999... Technology and information are inseparable aspects of the information environment. Technologies that will significantly affect the future of information and records managers are identified and discussed here. Some are already before us, though...

The Perilous Future of Decision Making in Information Management.
April 1, 1999... We live in an increasingly complicated world. The legal environment that constitutes such an important part of our world is also becoming increasingly complex. This is true in our lives in general, and is equally or perhaps more true in our...

A New World Ahead: International Challenges for Information Management.
April 1, 1999... The global expansion of information management in the future depends upon cooperative effort among those association and countries recognized as having significant impact upon the recognition of the profession and the practices followed. This...

Achieving Professional Excellence for a New Century.
April 1, 1999... With the increasing importance of records, information, and knowledge as corporate assets, the role of the information professionals who must manage these assets is more critical than ever before. Also, the qualifications needed to manage these...

Facing the Future: Preparing New Information Professionals.
April 1, 1999... A relatively new practitioner in the field of information and records management discusses the rising challenges he faces in handling his organization's information needs. Focusing upon the corporate, regulatory, and technical environment, he...

The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence.(Review)
April 1, 1999... TITLE: The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill PUBLICATION DATE: 1996 LENGTH: 342 pages PRICE: $24.95 AVAILABLE FROM: Your local bookstore or www.mcgraw-hill.com...

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (video).(Review)
April 1, 1999... TITLE: Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (video) PRODUCTION COMPANY: American Film Foundation RELEASE DATE: 1997 RUNTIME: 33 min. or 56 min., VHS format PRICE: See below ORDER FROM:...

Future Shock, The Third Wave, Powershift.(Review)
April 1, 1999... TITLE: Future Shock, The Third Wave, Powershift PUBLISHER: Bantam Books PUBLICATION DATE: 1970, 1980, 1990, respectively LENGTH: 561 pages, 537 pages, 611 pages, respectively PAPERBACK PRICE: $7.99 U.S./$9.99 Canada ...

AIIM Audioconference.
April 1, 1999... TITLE: AIIM Audioconference EVENT SPONSOR: AIIM FREQUENCY/RUNTIME: monthly, approx. 1 hour PRICE: $125 members/ $150 non-members CONTACTS: Kerry O'Boyle, Manager, Event Content Development, (301) 755-2673 or koboyle@aiim.org;...

Y2K Compliance and Records Retention.
April 1, 1999... The so-called Y2K problem has gone through a long cycle of maturation. It began as a curiosity, was discussed in computer circles as an insider issue, and passed to the outside world, first as a scare story, which then transmuted into a...

Y2K: The Demand for Evidentiary Records.
April 1, 1999... Information management in the 21st century will assume an importance in every enterprise that extends beyond today's afterthought stature. Rather than being cost centers or overhead functions to be contained, successful information management...

Searching for Relevance in the Virtual Files of the Future.
April 1, 1999... While Charlemagne prayed in a Roman church on Christmas Day, 800 AD, Pope Leo III set a crown upon the German king's head -- an event that inaugurated the Holy Roman Empire. Despite the significance of an event that initiated a thousand-year...

A New Australian Regulation for Electronic Tax Records.
April 1, 1999... Unlike U.S. laws, international laws have not contained detailed provisions regarding electronic tax records. However, the issuance of a new Draft Taxation Ruling by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) changes this situation. This article...