Records, information and data : exploring the role of record-keeping in an information culture /

"This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data). Can archives and records management still make a distinctive contribution in the 21st century, or are they now being dissolved into a wider world of infor...

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Main Author: Yeo, Geoffrey (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Facet Publishing, [2018].
Series:Principles and practice in records management and archives.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The making and keeping of records: a brief historical overview
  • Thinking about records and archives: the transition to the digital
  • Archivists, records managers and the rise of information
  • Finding a way through the hall of mirrors: concepts of information
  • Records and data
  • Representation, performativity and social action: why records are not (just) information
  • Managing information or managing records?
  • Concluding thoughts: record-keeping present and future.