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Information governance – Nirvana or 1984?
Title of the key note paper I will be delivering at the IRMS Conference at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales in May this year.
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Broccoli, Karaoke and Information Governance
I used broccoli and karaoke to raise awareness of the importance of good information governance (IG) to the success of the open data agenda at Open Knowledge Scotland’s Edinburgh meetup in late January 2015 at the National Library of Scotland.
My talk “Read More
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UK National Archives Digital Continuity Toolkit
The toolkit provides a catalogue of guidance, training, and a free file profiling tool called DROID to help organisations ensure their information assets remains usable over time. Includes an information asset register template.
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Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 (PRSA) Resources and Assessment Reports
This resource has value way beyond the Scottish public authorities who must comply with this legislation. Resources related to the 14 elements of good record keeping set out in the legislation are regularly reviewed. In addition, some of the authorities who have already had their Records Management Plan’s approved have … Read More
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SCARRS – Scottish Council on Archives Records Retention Schedules Toolkit v2-0
This resource has value way beyond the Scottish public authorities who must comply with this legislation. Resources related to the 14 elements of good record keeping set out in the legislation are regularly reviewed. In addition, some of the authorities who have already had their Records Management Plan’s approved have … Read More
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Lest We Forget – counting the cost of poor information governance
This is a great source of compelling stories that help people appreciate the real impact of poor IM practice.
Since 1999 The Synercon Group has been building a searchable archive of significant recordkeeping / information governance events from across the globe where inadequate systems and poor practices contributed to … Read More -
UK Data Protection Email Discussion List
I find this discussion list very active and a very helpful resource for identifying “real world” data protection scenarios and how to deal with them through discussion and the sharing of experience. It includes a permanent searchable archive.
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RSD Multi Media Resources
This is my current favourite set of resources provided by a commercial IM solutions developer. I particularly like their infographics – enabling a more accessible understanding of today’s complex IM trends and topics.
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Barclay T Blair’s Blog – Essays in Information Governance (and more)
Another influential guy who is writing thought provoking and innovative stuff around Information Governance.
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Chris Walker’s Blog – The Info Gov Guerilla
Chris Walker is one of my favourite bloggers on Information Governance – I especially like his “Principles of Holistic Information Governance” (PHIGS) – an excellent “real world” addition to the more established and theoretically-based RM/IM principles already out there.
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Proceedings of the DLM Forum Conference Nov 2014
Presentations and papers from the DLM Forum Conference Nov 2014 on the latest challenges and innovation in Information Governance – wide ranging and very, very topical including case studies and latest research findings.
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Edinburgh University Records Management Guidance
The RM team at Edinburgh University have been publishing great guidance for some years now on all aspects of information and records management. Primarily a resource for the University’s staff and students, it has significant cross-sector value.
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Big Data
To be sung to the tune of Big Spender from the musical “Sweet Charity” made famous by Shirley Bassey
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The Records Management Song
To be sung to the tune of the Welly Boot Song, Billy Connolly
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Why I love retention schedules!
One of the greatest toolsets in my information asset management toolbox are those relating to retention & disposal. I have even written a love song about them. In this presentation – which I have delivered at several training events – I explain why they are such a valuable business tool. … Read More
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The Geological Record and ISO 15489 Revision
IRMS podcast on the proposed revision of the ISO 15489 international records management standard.
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IRMS 2013 conference session on the psychology of effective IM goes down a storm
Heather’s session on “The psychology of effective records and information management” was very well received at the Information and Records Management Society conference held in an almost sunny Brighton last week (May 19th – 21st).
The session focussed on the importance of engaging with all people impacted by any IRM improvement … Read More
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Fellowship Awards at IRMS Conference 2013
IRMS Fellows
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Information and Records Management Society announced the first 30 IRMS Fellows at its annual conference Gala Dinner on Sunday 19th May. Heather was delighted to find herself one of the recipients and congratulates her fellow Fellows!
The grade of Fellowship is … Read More
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Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011
The Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011 is now in force. Are you a Scottish Public Authority covered by this Act and needing help developing your Records Management Plan? Call HJBS now!
