Records Management Journal: Volume 9 Issue 1

The eluding definitions of records and records management: is a universally acceptable definition possible? Part 2: Defining records management

Zawiyah M. Yusof, Robert W. Chell

This is the second part of a two‐part article which examines the various definitions accorded to the two key terms in records management – the records and records management…

Casting the ‘Net: the Records Management intranet pages

Paul Gibbons

The technology of the Internet is increasingly used internally by organisations. The intranet, a private internal network, has become an essential tool in the workplace. It allows…

The metadatabase: the future of the retention schedule as a records management tool

Stephen Bailey

Records management has undergone an unprecedented process of change in the last few years. This has been chiefly due to the proliferation of information technology and the rapid…

A decade of change for legal admissibility – a personal view

Kenneth Tombs

In this article the author offers a personal view of some of the major developments during the final decade of the second millennium which have been significant to the management…