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Library and Media Roles in Information Hygiene and Managing Information
Records refers to information that is recorded during the business transaction or business communications with an intention to trace back the history in future when need arise to prove current decisions, best solutions for problems and ensure accountability.
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Digital Archiving to Spearhead Access to Heritage Information for All Interested Clients in Africa
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8713-3.ch005
Abstract
This chapter sought to investigate matters pertaining to digital archiving to spearhead access to heritage information for clients. This study relied on a literature review to study a digital archiving framework to spearhead access to heritage information. The study discovered that manual ways of preservation and sharing archival material deprive some citizens of the right of access to heritage information material, especially those from rural and marginalised areas. In most instances, archival institutions are in cities that most rural dwellers find difficult to reach. It is of great importance for archival institutions to identify and adopt appropriate systems to close gaps in the preservation and easy access of archival material. The chapter proposes a framework for digital archiving to spearhead access to heritage information as a benchmark for archival institutions.
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Trends in Contemporary Record Management
Are information which serves as reference in organization.
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Assessing the Institutional Readiness for Open Government at the Kenyan Judiciary Using IRMT E-Readiness Tool and Open Government Implementation Model
Documented information regardless of format that is created or received by an individual, organization or agency in the course of its business transaction.
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Records Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges and the Way Forward
The International Standard Organisation (ISO) defined records as information created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organization or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business. Similarly, the International Council of Archives (ICA) defined a record as recorded information produced or received in the initiation, conduct or completion of an institutional or individual activity and that comprises content, context and structure sufficient to provide evidence of the activity.
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Importance of Electronic Record Preservation in E-Business
Information created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organization or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business.
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Key Challenges Faced When Preserving Records in Traditional Councils During the 4th Industrial Revolution
This refers to information generated, received, and kept as evidence and information by an organisation or individual while fulfilling legal responsibilities or conducting economic activities.
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Information Disaster Management: Preserving Information for Sustainable Development in Public Institutions in Ghana
information in any format, created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organization or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business.
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Records as Tools for Concealing and as Weapons for Fighting Corruption in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe
A record is documentary evidence, regardless of form or medium, created, received, maintained and used by an organisation (public or private) or an individual in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business (The International Records Management Trust, 2009).
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