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Modelling the continuum as paradigm shift in recordkeeping and archiving processes, and beyond - a personal reflection

TitelModelling the continuum as paradigm shift in recordkeeping and archiving processes, and beyond - a personal reflection
PublicatietypeWeb artikel
Publicatiejaar2004
AuteursUpward, F.
Taaleng
RefMan7435
Trefwoord(en)informatiemodel, records continuum, records management
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This article outlines the development of a records continuum model initially developed as a teaching tool to communicate evidence-based approaches to archives and records management. The continuum is being used in Australia as a metaphor to assist in getting records management ‘right’ in recordkeeping environments built around electronic communications, and the model supports this endeavour. It extends the concept of the continuum beyond metaphor, representing the case for viewing it in its fuller spacetime meanings as a worldview. In this form, the continuum is potentially a technologically driven paradigm shift within all information management and systems practice. There is a new game developing and the concept of the continuum can help us re-organise our knowledge for that game.

This article will discuss the diversity of records management theory and practice. It will look at the meanings of the continuum and my own model of it, including the differences between a worldview and a detailed view. An annexe provides three other models. A continuum ‘patrol and control’ strategy for analysis is outlined briefly, and represents a point at which my own approach to the continuum is taking off into more detailed practical considerations in records management education and training.

URLhttp://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/EUM0000000007259
DOI10.1108/EUM0000000007259
Citation Keyref_7435

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