Records, Information and Data: Exploring the role of record keeping in an information culture (Principles and Practice in Records Management and Archives) - Softcover

Yeo, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783302267 ISBN 13: 9781783302260

Publisher: Facet Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data).

Can archives and records management still make a distinctive contribution in the 21st century, or are they now being dissolved into a wider world of information governance? What should be our conceptual understanding of records in the digital era? What are the practical implications of the information revolution for the work of archivists and records managers?

Geoffrey Yeo, a distinguished expert in the global field, explores concepts of ‘records’ and ‘archives’ and sets today’s record-keeping and archival practices in their historical context. He examines changing perceptions of records management and archival work, and asks whether and how far understandings derived from the fields of information management and data administration can enhance our knowledge of how records function. He argues that concepts of information and data cannot provide a fully adequate basis for reflective professional thinking about records and that record-keeping practices still have distinct and important roles to play in contemporary society.

This thought-provoking and timely book is primarily intended for records managers and archivists, but should also be of interest to professionals in a range of information-related disciplines. It aims to provide a balance of theory and practice that will appeal to practitioners as well as students and academics around the world.

About this title

About the Author

Geoffrey Yeo is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Information Studies at University College London, UK. His previous work for Facet includes Managing records: a handbook of principles and practice (with Elizabeth Shepherd, 2003), and Managing records in global financial markets (with Lynn Coleman, Victoria Lemieux and Rod Stone, 2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Facet Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783302267
• ISBN 13: 9781783302260
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192