Taxodiary – records management

Managing the Chaos

By Melody Smith|July 24th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Managing 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.

Records Management Specialist Needed

By Melody Smith|July 14th, 2014|News, reference|Comments Off on Records Management Specialist Needed

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.

The Value of Good Recordkeeping

By Melody Smith|July 10th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on The Value of Good Recordkeeping

The new streamlined records management standard is simpler to use, making it easier for public sector organizations to maintain and keep essential records, according to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Peter Dunne.

Making Your Content Findable

By Melody Smith|July 7th, 2014|indexing, metadata, News, search, Standards|Comments Off on Making Your Content Findable

In the world of records management, accuracy is the litmus test of all success. What is the point of indexing and storing if you can never locate the data again in the future?

The Status of Records Management

By Melody Smith|July 4th, 2014|indexing, News|Comments Off on The Status of Records Management

Trends like cloud, social, and mobile have changed the requirements of enterprise content management (ECM) software, and the user’s expectations as well. Storage isn’t the only issue; it is about connecting and relating to the information. Because of this, records management, in its traditional form, is failing us.

Records Management Requires Consistency

By Melody Smith|June 11th, 2014|indexing, News, Standards|Comments Off on Records Management Requires Consistency

Pittsburgh-based Business Records Management LLC (BRM) has acquired the assets of ABC Mobile Shredding Inc. This marks the fifth purchase by BRM in four years. This somewhat ironic combination of services does have commonality and merging a vendor into an organization can be smart business strategy.

Webinar on Records Management

By Melody Smith|May 15th, 2014|News|Comments Off on Webinar on Records Management

Concept Searching and Collabware are collaborating together to host a webinar on Thursday, May 29th at 11:30am-12:30pm EDT.

Records Management in the Court System

By Melody Smith|March 26th, 2014|Access Insights, indexing, metadata, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Records Management in the Court System

Of course records play a vital role in the litigation process as any records management professional would affirm. But what exactly is their role?

New Records Management System Reduces Operational Costs

By Melody Smith|December 16th, 2013|metadata, News, storage|Comments Off on New Records Management System Reduces Operational Costs

A new online system for the Eugene Police Department records recently went live. This was a huge milestone for the City of Eugene as they worked to change the mainframe-based records system that had been in use since the late 60's. Partnering with their sister-city Springfield, Eugene chose SunGard, a multinational IT software and services company, to take them through this journey with their Records Management System/ Computer Aided Dispatch System (RMS/CAD).