Week 9 (March 22) - Management Strategies: Requirements, System Design, and Standards

LECTURE SLIDES

Records managers and archivists agree that one effective strategy for managing electronic records is to include provisions for recordkeeping into the design of new information systems. A pre-requisite for good systems design is the identification of requirements. This session will discuss present initiatives and assess tools for identifying recordkeeping requirements and designing systems.

C Duff, Wendy, "Ensuring the Preservation of Reliable Evidence: A Research Project Funded by the NHPRC," Archivaria 42 (Fall 1996): 28-45.

C Duff, Wendy, "Harnessing the Power of Warrant," American Archivist 61 (No. 1, Spring 1998): 88-105.

C Duranti, Luciana, and Heather MacNeil, "The Protection of the Integrity of Electronic Records: An Overview of the UBC-MAS Research Project," Archivaria 42 (Fall 1996): 46-67.

O U.S. Department of Defense. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence, Design Criteria Standard for Electronic Records Management Software Applications, DoD 5015.2 - STD (November 1997). Available in Word and PDF formats at:  <jitc.fhu.disa.mil/recmgt/standards.htm>

O Australia. National Archives of Australia, Recordkeeping Metadata Standard for Commonwealth Agencies (1999). Read “Executive Summary” and “Part One: General.” <www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/control/rkms/contents.html>

O Australia. National Archives of Australia, DIRKS (Designing and Implementing Recordkeeping Systems): A Strategic Approach to Managing Business Information (2001). Read “Part One: The DIRKS Methodology: A Users Guide” and “Part Two: Step by Step through the DIRKS Methodology.” <www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/dirks/dirksman/dirks.html>

O Australia. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Standard on Recordkeeping in the Electronic Business Environment (Standard No. 4, Issued December 2000). <www.records.nsw.gov.au/publicsector/erk/Standard/Firstpage.htm>