Author Archives: Cassie Findlay
Records management for scientific data
Charlotte Maday and Magalie Moysan “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.”(Hamlet, William Shakespeare) Venturing into research and science, for a records manager, is like walking in a very grumpy and very hungry lion’s den. Firstly because we … Continue reading
Reinventing Archival Methods: Reconceptualising ERM as a wicked problem
Julie McLeod “Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world. The power of a paradigm shift is the essential power of quantum change, whether that shift is an instantaneous or a slow and deliberate … Continue reading
In an interconnected world – why do we think in functions?
Adelaide Parr I work in the University sector at a great, sprawling institution, with its own quirks, needs, concerns and issues. With occasionally minor reference to the rest of the world, it keeps on going, outwardly little different now from … Continue reading
People Telling Stories
Sonya Sherman “There are stories that take seven days to tell… there are other stories that take you all your life… The truth about stories is that that’s all we are. ~ Thomas King[1] In the late 1980s and early … Continue reading
Full docs or it didn’t happen
Cassie Findlay In the issues paper ‘Access’, developed after The Recordkeeping Roundtable workshop ‘Reinventing Archival Methods’[2], Roundtable co-founder Barbara Reed described the information and technology landscape that we live in as characterised by ‘the ‘release’ of public information all over … Continue reading
Contexts, connections, access: the glorious possibilities of getting it all wrong
Dr Tim Sherratt About a century ago in web years I wrote a thing about accessing archives on the web.[1] It’s now full of broken links and naive optimism. But a couple of the arguments I made way back then … Continue reading
Report from Improving access to archives and other records
On Monday March 31 the Recordkeeping Roundtable hosted an evening event exploring the possibilities for better, more connected online access to archives. Our aim was to consider ideas put forward by Chris Hurley in his ‘modest proposal’ for improving access … Continue reading
Improving access to archives and other records: A modest proposal
Come and join us at the next Recordkeeping Roundtable event, in which we will be exploring some ideas for presenting and sharing archival description information to better harness the opportunities of the online world, and do it in a sustainable … Continue reading
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