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Electronic Records: A Workbook for Archivists. ICA Study 16. International Council on Archives. Available free at www.ica.org/biblio.php?pdocid = 285
Keywords Records management, Archives
Review DOI 10.1108/09565690510632373
This is the final published version of the International Council on Archives' Electronic Records: A Workbook for Archivists, which was launched at the 15th ICA Congress in Vienna, August 2004. It is the work of the ICA Committee on Current Records in an Electronic Environment from 2000 to 2004, chaired by Andrew McDonald, co-ordinated by Kimberly Barata and comprising many leading names in the field. It builds on the earlier (1997) study Guide for Managing Electronic Records from an Archival Perspective, a significant publication at the time, which examined principles and proposed policies and strategies for addressing the challenges.
The new publication builds on these principles but is more practical, focusing on "how to" manage electronic records of all types created in electronic office systems or networked environments. This means records "born digital" or digitised as part of a business process, not those digitised for better access and preservation purposes. It is important to note that the authors state they have not undertaken any new research in compiling the workbook, they have "drawn on a wide range of standards, model requirements, handbooks, guidelines, and other publications" which they commend to readers....