Management of the Preservation Media for Electronic Records

The Long-Term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records

This paper presents the InterPARES project, its goal, objectives and domains of inquiry, its fundamental concepts and assumptions, its methods and general outcomes. It then focuses on one of its products, the conceptual requirements for the authenticity of electronic records, and concludes with a glance at the second phase of the project.

Creating a Flexible Preservation Infrastructure for Electronic Records

As universities begin to address their first significant collections of electronic records, the needs of the collections often outstrip the resources and support available. This poster illustrates the steps taken to transition and preserve a presidential electronic records collection into an university archives with limited systems support and preparation for future preservation needs. The infr...

The Intellectual Structure of Electronic Records Management

A number of countries have launched projects with a particular emphasis on using information technologies (IT) to provide electronic information and services to citizens and businesses. Through various IT, tremendous amount of electronic records in government agencies are created. These records and archives are the basis of knowledge management. Electronic records management (ERM) is a fast gro...

Registering and searching for records in electronic records management systems

Records are increasingly becoming electronic. Both public and private organizations are more and more making information and records only available to their employees, customers and constituents on such a format. Electronic Records Management Systems (ERMS) are, therefore, increasingly being implemented to manage the records of many organizations. The purpose of this research paper was to exami...

Concepts, Principles and Methods for the Management of Electronic Records