Records management basics
Sarah R. Demb
Abstract:
Explores and defines the terms, concepts and ideas key to records management: records, records and information management, records life cycle, records continuum, archival management and records series. Outlines the benefits of records management.
Key words
evidence
records and information management
records life cycle
records continuum
archival management
records series
corporate asset
Introduction
Museums are information businesses. They exist to collect, generate, interpret and disseminate information about their collections, their social and historical contexts and wider trends in society. Information management addresses ownership of information within the organisation, intellectual ...
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