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The Strategy Behind Records Management
If experience teaches us anything, then Jill Singer’s recommended recipe for a successful federal records management process is worth the read. Her 27 years of federal service should make her recommendations worthwhile for any records management process, not just federal service project records management.
Read MoreConsuming Data is Big Business
Informatica Corporation has been chosen by Forrester Research as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Governance Tools, Q2 2014.
Read MoreMaking Content Findable is Key
Search tools are a researcher’s best technological tool to help them analyze, evaluate, and discover, since making content findable is key to progress.
Read MoreThe Size of the Data is the Challenge
Federal agencies manage on average 209 million records, or approximately 8.4 billion records for the entire federal government.
Read MoreHistory Just Got Bigger
EBSCO has increased the number of databases that are included in its policy for metadata sharing and technology collaboration partnerships with discovery vendors. A new total of 179 EBSCO full-text databases, as well as all 74 EBSCO full-text historical digital archives and all 550,000+ EBSCO eBooks will be available.
Read MoreIndexing Challenge Accepted and Bested
FamilySearch International recently announced a worldwide crowdsourcing challenge aimed at establishing a new record for the most volunteer indexing participants online in a single day.
Read MoreManaging the Chaos
The Dallas police department recently switched from its decades-old mainframe system to a new, $4 million records management system. The department also launched a new field-based report system. The roll-out wasn’t considered a success.
Read MoreReducing Redundancy
The United States Navy plans to deploy a prototype enterprise-wide records and task management software system designed to replace redundant systems.
Read MoreA Marriage of the Past and the Future
Katy Klettlinger became Licking County’s first records center coordinator in November 2008 to store and preserve public records. The position was one of solitude at first but now oversees three other full-time employees: one reference archivist and two imaging technicians. They preserve public records on paper, in electronic form and on microfilm.
Read MoreDigitizing Preserves Valuable Data
The volume and rapid growth of data, which can be overwhelming for information managers, have completely changed the approach and risk to records management. Mistakes can result in financial implications.
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