Product Description

Offering practical advice on the use of records staff, media and technology, the manual is designed to be of use to LIS and other organizations wishing to introduce better practice into their routines for managing records and other corporate information resources.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #220079 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-15
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

About the Author
Elizabeth Shepherd BA MA DAS DMS is Lecturer in Archives and Records Management at the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College London. Geoffrey Yeo was formerly Archivist and Records Manager at the Royal College of Physicians of London, and is currently working as a freelance in the field of archives and records management.

Customer Reviews

Clearly presented and authoritative guide
From the perspective of working for an organisation with a very old and inaccessible records management system, this book has been invaluable in making the case for bringing our records management processes into the 21st century.

Written in very clear and accessible language, each chapter sets out the basics for the stages involved in putting together a records management programme and building a system that is fit for purpose. Cross-references to previous chapters are appropriately placed throughout the text, as are references to future chapters where issues are dealt with in more detail.

Complex issues are made easy to understand and examples given are directly applicable to most working environments.

As someone who hasn't carried out any detailed records management for a while, this was a good refresher on principles as well as a source of information on changes that have occurred in the RM sphere.