Records Management, Document Management and Content Management

Records Management, Document Management and Content Management

Records Management
The impact of information technology and electronic records has compelled records managers and archivists to analyse the scope of their work.
A working definition of Records Management that reflects most records managers’ experiences and practices has been defined by the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) as follows:
"There are many, though similar, definitions of records management. One common one is "the field of management responsible for the systematic control of the creation, maintenance, use, and disposition of records." … it is the planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities involved in records creation, maintenance and use, and disposition in order to achieve adequate and proper documentation of the policies and transactions of the (organization) and effective and economical management of operations.
Records management addresses the life cycle of records, i.e., the period of time that records are in the custody of the organisation. The life cycle usually consists of three stages:

• Creation or receipt
• Maintenance and use
• Disposition

Tools for maintaining and using records include file plans, indexes, controlled vocabularies, taxonomies, data dictionaries, and access and security procedures.”

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