Week 3 (February 2) - The Characteristics of Electronic Records

LECTURE SLIDES

This session will discuss the characteristics of electronic records that differentiate them from other forms of information and the implications these have for their management.

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C Duranti, Luciana, “Reliability and Authenticity: The Concepts and Their Implications,” Archivaria 39 (Spring 1995): 5-10.

O Lysakowski, Rich, and Zahava Liebowitz, Titanic 2020: A Call to Action (CENSA – Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association, 2000). <www.censa.org/html/Publications/Titanic2020_PDFv3-03-22-2000.pdf>