Tag Archives: recordkeeping systems

Recordkeeping theory, models & strategies and today’s workplace

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Cassie Findlay

Report prepared by Kate Cumming Lat month, four fantastic thinkers came together at a Recordkeeping Roundtable event to discuss recordkeeping in the contemporary workplace. The event was inspired by James Lappin’s paper, Rival records management models in an era of … Continue reading →

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Reinventing appraisal

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Cassie Findlay

Kate Cumming and Anne Picot Introduction In 1986 David Bearman first put the argument that core archival methods of appraisal, description, preservation and access were fundamentally unable to cope with the volumes of records archivists were required to process. He … Continue reading →

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Email – a bellwether records system

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Cassie Findlay

Andrew Waugh A bellwether is a sheep with a bell around its neck. Since sheep flock together, the shepherd could track the movement of the flock by the sound of the bell on the bellwether. In a similar way, I … Continue reading →

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