Digital archivists and business information managers in demand according to Gartner, Inc. February 2, 2010 No Comments
It was interesting to note this week that according to Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm, organisations will increasingly need to recruit staff with a mix of IT and information management, recordkeeping and archives skills in order to cope with the need for trustworthy and reliable business information amongst huge volumes of digital information, and to avoid unmanageable backlogs of unnecessary information.
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Digital recordkeeping at the University of Sydney January 19, 2010 1 Comment
We are in regular contact with lots of NSW public sector organisations, many of whom are demonstrating really clever thinking on meeting some of the big challenges of digital recordkeeping, like how to manage records disposal in the digital world or add recordkeeping functionality to business systems. We hope to share lots of case studies from these organisations this year, starting with this one from the University of Sydney.
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Climate data, angry scientists and metadata December 17, 2009 1 Comment
The Sydney Morning Herald, on page 1 of its December 5-6 2009 edition, ran a story called ‘Climate email mess hits Australia’. The story provides further detail from climate change records hacked from East Anglia University in the UK.
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Future Proof update December 2009 – End of another year! December 14, 2009 1 Comment
Well it’s been a busy year for us here at State Records as I’m sure it has been for everyone in the NSW government working in records and information management.
Team Digital Preservation are back! November 12, 2009 No Comments
WePreserve have announced the third Team Digital Preservation adventure, Team Digital Preservation and the Deadly Cryptic Conundrum
