Format:
1 Online-Ressource (279 pages)
ISBN:
9781472428462
Content:
As a celebration of Anne Thurston's pioneering work on records and archives management as an essential basis for demonstrating integrity in government, this excellent volume brings together scholars and practicing archivists to discuss key issues around records as evidence for accountability, transparency and the protection of citizens' rights. Never before have authors from the developing and developed worlds come together to explore the intersection of records management, public administration and international development. The book covers Thurston's work, the importance of records management for effective governance and digital records management and preservation in developing countries. Case studies from across Africa enhance the theoretical and practical perspectives taken by the authors. This book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in records management and good governance around the world
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I Thurston and the International Records Management Trust -- 1 Anne Thurston and Record-keeping Reform in Commonwealth Africa -- 2 Developing Training Resources for Records and Archives Management -- 3 Vital Records: The Importance of National Archives and Records Administrations in Sierra Leone -- 4 The Sierra Leone Teachers' Records Management Improvement Programme -- Part II Colonial and Post-Colonial Record-keeping -- 5 Record-keeping for Good Governance and Accountability in the Colonial Office -- 6 The Influence of the One Party Regime on Archives in Malawi: 1964 to 1994 -- 7 The Impact of Organisational Culture on Public Sector Records Management Reform -- 8 Preserving and Accessing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Records -- Part III Records, Governance and Transparency -- 9 Audit and Accountability in the Government of Ghana -- 10 The Protection of Land Rights in Uganda -- 11 The Importance of Records in the Right to Information -- 12 Opening Government -- Part IV Digital Records Management and Preservation -- 13 Records Management and Governance in Africa in the Digital Age -- 14 The Prerequisites for Electronic Records Management in the Developing World -- 15 Trusted Digital Repositories and Developing Nations -- 16 Trust in Records and Data Online -- Part V Reflections -- 17 Education in Records and Archives Management -- 18 ACARM's Position in the Ever-changing World of Archives -- 19 Enhancing Record-keeping Capacity in Developing Countries -- Tabula Gratulatoria -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472428455
Additional Edition:
Print version Lowry, James Integrity in Government through Records Management : Essays in Honour of Anne Thurston Farnham : Taylor & Francis,c2014 ISBN 9781472428455
Language:
English
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