Author Archives: Cassie Findlay
From reactive to proactive appraisal
Nicole Convery The records continuum made waves in Britain in the early 2000s and was variously hailed as a long needed theoretical framework for electronic information management or rejected as an abstract model that has little relevance for recordkeeping processes. … Continue reading
A Sea of Kites: Pushing access to archives with progressive enhancement
Luke Bacon Open access to archives enriches our knowledge of human society, promotes democracy, protects citizens’ rights and enhances the quality of life. —UNESCO Universal Declaration on Archives Access to information is about power. Accessibility describes an evolving power relationship … Continue reading
Reinventing Archival Methods: Am I part of the problem or part of the solution?
Mark Crookston I try to be a good archivist. I’m driven by the want to make the information system robust and efficient enough to support good governance; to enable communities (whomever they are) to have access to documentation to support … Continue reading
Eternity Revisited: In pursuit of a national documentation strategy and a national archival system
Adrian Cunningham[1] As I sit down to write this thought piece in January 2014 our Canadian colleagues are preparing for a Canadian Archives Summit with the enviable title ‘Towards a New Blueprint for Canada’s Recorded Memory’. To me the most … Continue reading
Give me a serve of data with that
Antony Funnell It is natural and understandable when considering issues relating to the preservation of information to focus on new technologies. Changes in technology directly affect what is and is not available to be preserved, as well as influencing issues … Continue reading
Re-Inventing On-Line Access
Chris Hurley The methods I most want to re-invent are description and federation of access. I have been interested in this for thirty years and have recently re-entered the lists with A Modest Proposal for Improving Access to Archives and … Continue reading
Contrapuntal Archival Methods
Michael Jones As a post-custodial research archivist I have worked in many contexts, from projects involving major archival institutions, governments and universities through to advising and training people working at the other end of the scale, in small archives, single … Continue reading
Building an integrated digital archives (Part II)
Richard Lehane Integration is at the heart of the archival endeavour. You can read most archival methods (appraisal, arrangement and description, access) as being fundamentally about integration: the task of creating a coherent archives that incorporates disparate recordkeeping systems. Sue … Continue reading
Recordkeeping Roundtable 