Information Management Journal articles from January 2001

Information Management Journal archives from January 2001

APPROACHES TO Electronic Records Management.
January 1, 2001... 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...

Electronic Records Management Defined by Court Case and Policy.((Armstrong v. Executive Office of the President))
January 1, 2001... Two lawsuits offer bookends to a decade's worth of federal-level recordkeeping litigation in the United States. These are the PROFS (Armstrong v. Executive Office of the President) and General Records Schedule 20 [hereafter "GRS 20"] (Public...

The indiana University Electronic Records Project: Lessons Learned.
January 1, 2001... For records professionals, the decade of the 1990s will undoubtedly be remembered as a period of intense and passionate debate about a host of issues related to the role of the archivist and records management professions in managing and...

An Institutional View of Electronic Records Management: Hospitals & Teleradiology.
January 1, 2001... 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,...

Records, Computers, and Resources: A Difficult Equation for Sub-Saharan Africa.
January 1, 2001... Computerization has led to rapid and dynamic changes in the way organizations operate, and the strategies adopted for integrating and managing paper and electronic records are changing over time as well. The world's wealthiest nations are...

The InterPARES International Research Project.(International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems)
January 1, 2001... The International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES) is a large, multinational, collaborative research endeavor that aims to formulate principles and criteria for the development of international,...

The Social Life of Information.(Brief Article)(Review)
January 1, 2001... TITLE: The Social Life of Information AUTHORS: John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid PUBLISHER: Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA ISBN: 0-87584-762-5 PUBLICATION DATE: 2000 LENGTH: 320 pages PRICE: $25.95 ...

Knowledge Management: The Essentials.(Brief Article)(Review)
January 1, 2001... 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...

Disaster Recovery Yellow Pages, 8th Edition, 1999/2000.(Brief Article)(Review)
January 1, 2001... 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...

Harvesting Experience: Reaping the Benefits of Knowledge.(Brief Article)(Review)
January 1, 2001... TITLE: Harvesting Experience: Reaping the Benefits of Knowledge AUTHOR: Jan Duffy ISBN: 0-933887-80-9 PUBLISHER: ARMA International PUBLICATION DATE: 1999 LENGTH: 270 pages PRICE: $25 members/ $37 non-members ...

The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: A Sea Change in Electronic Records Law.
January 1, 2001... 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...

Should PDF Be Used for Archiving Electronic Records?(Portable document format)
January 1, 2001... 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...

The Tools and Technologies Needed for Knowledge Management.
January 1, 2001... 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...

Digital Signatures and Global E-Commerce: Part I -- U.S. Initiatives.
January 1, 2001... 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...