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Publication date: 1 June 1996

Catherine E. Hare Julie McLeod and Lesley A. King

Explores the newly emerging information discipline of records management, focusing on its current status in the UK where it is represented by a range of sector‐specific and…

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Explores the newly emerging information discipline of records management, focusing on its current status in the UK where it is represented by a range of sector‐specific and general for information professionals organizations. Investigates the issue of education and training in this developing field in the context of a research project on continuing vocational education for records practitioners, which is being undertaken by the Department of Information and Library Management at the University of Northumbria. Early results from the project identified two main training needs: one relates to a specific area of information management, that of managing electronic records, and the other relates to the general area of strategic approaches to management. While records management involves some skills and knowledge which are different from those already mastered by library and information professionals there are significant overlaps in terms of cataloguing, classification, indexing, identifying and meeting user needs and the challenge of dealing with information in electronic form. Contends, therefore, that in the changing and sometimes shrinking market of some of the more traditional library sectors records management may offer the opportunity to develop or shift one’s career path while remaining within the discipline of information management.

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Librarian Career Development, vol. 4 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0968-0810

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Publication date: 1 January 1997

LESLEY A. KING

After having read Julie McLeod's opinion piece on the lifecycle of records concept, I felt compelled to commit my own opinions to paper. Strange really, I never thought of myself…

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After having read Julie McLeod's opinion piece on the lifecycle of records concept, I felt compelled to commit my own opinions to paper. Strange really, I never thought of myself as being a strongly opinionated person, which just goes to show that you do indeed learn something new everyday, even if it is about yourself!

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Records Management Journal, vol. 7 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0956-5698

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Publication date: 1 February 1996

LESLEY A KING

This article describes a survey carried out in the Department of Information and Library Management (DILM) at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, in relation to the…

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This article describes a survey carried out in the Department of Information and Library Management (DILM) at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle, in relation to the training and education needs of records management practitioners. The survey was conducted as part of the 4 year Continuing Vocational Education (CVE) initiative funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The context of the study within DILM is described and the results of the research are presented along with suggestions for further areas of research.

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Records Management Journal, vol. 6 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0956-5698

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Publication date: 1 November 1997

Lesley A. King

All organizations produce, use and disseminate their own information during the course of their business, but most organizations do not manage this internal information very…

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All organizations produce, use and disseminate their own information during the course of their business, but most organizations do not manage this internal information very effectively. Looks at the need for records management, i.e. the management of an organization’s internal information at a strategic level. Examines why records management is necessary for the continued effectiveness, success and competitiveness of an organization and looks at the implications of implementing a strategic records management policy. Presents two scenarios of the potential effects of bad records management practice.

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Management Decision, vol. 35 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0025-1747

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Publication date: 1 September 1996

Lesley King, Catherine Hare and Julie McLeod

Presents the results of a research project into the continuing vocational education (CVE) training needs of records management practitioners. Makes suggestions on the implications…

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Presents the results of a research project into the continuing vocational education (CVE) training needs of records management practitioners. Makes suggestions on the implications for the career development of records managers and other information professionals. Highlights pertinent areas of other research not covered within the scope of the CVE research. Conclusions include the acknowledgement that there is some overlap of skills between library and information professionals and records management practitioners, and that, in the current business climate of perpetual change, organizations need an effective records management strategy operated by people with the appropriate skills.

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Librarian Career Development, vol. 4 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0968-0810

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Publication date: 1 June 1996

Graham P. Cornish

The term “library management” covers many different aspects of the way that a library is operated and conjures up different concepts in the minds of different people, depending on…

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The term “library management” covers many different aspects of the way that a library is operated and conjures up different concepts in the minds of different people, depending on their own interests, agendas and requirements. Research into the subject is even more difficult to define because the application of research in one field can be vital to the development of another. Some researchers would not consider their research central to library matters at all, whereas the practising librarian might well see it as casting new light on a difficult area of understanding or development.

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Library Management, vol. 17 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-5124

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Publication date: 1 February 1996

HAZEL DAKERS and CATHERINE E HARE

This article considers the benefits of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) for records management in the light of the development and aims of NVQs generally. It traces the…

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This article considers the benefits of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) for records management in the light of the development and aims of NVQs generally. It traces the development of the records NVQs within the national forum of the Information and Library Services Lead Body and provides details of their content at the various levels.

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Records Management Journal, vol. 6 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0956-5698

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Publication date: 1 April 1999

Zawiyah M. Yusof and 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…

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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. Variations in their definition have lead to confusion which affects the formulation of theory to underpin the discipline. Having discussed the changing definition of a record in Part 1 in this part the authors discuss the various definitions of records management.

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Records Management Journal, vol. 9 no. 1
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ISSN: 0956-5698

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Publication date: 1 February 1997

ELIZABETH SHEPHERD

This article examines the HEFCE‐CVE funded project undertaken at the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London to investigate distance…

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This article examines the HEFCE‐CVE funded project undertaken at the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London to investigate distance education as a mechanism for delivering continuing professional development in the field of archives and records management. The first part of the project focused on determining the training and educational needs of the sector in the UK, by means of a survey of members of the profession. The results of this survey form the main part of this article, but other conclusions of the project to date are also reported.

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Records Management Journal, vol. 7 no. 2
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ISSN: 0956-5698

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Publication date: 1 April 1998

Zawiyah M Yusof and Robert W Chell

This article is the result of a brief survey, conducted across the Internet by researchers from the Archives and Records Management Programme at the University of Wales at…

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This article is the result of a brief survey, conducted across the Internet by researchers from the Archives and Records Management Programme at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth. The authors discuss the need for records management training and education world‐wide, and the emergence of records management as a subset of information management, with an acknowledged impact on the systematic and efficient management of organisations. They show how the focus of records management has shifted over the recent past from the archival management of unwanted documents, to the management of electronic systems, giving records managers an equal standing with other professionals in the field of information management. Using a comparison between Malaysia, where much of the training is provided by visiting consultants, and the United Kingdom, where records management training is provided by the universities, the authors conclude that the needs of qualified and well‐informed professionals in this distinct field is dependent upon the training and education provided by courses in universities world‐wide. Their survey, however, reveals that there is no standard approach to the training provided by these institutions: some are likely to reflect their archival origins, others represent various streams of the broad context of information studies.

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Records Management Journal, vol. 8 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0956-5698

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