Good record keeping in an organization is essential for a number of reasons. These include legal and financial compliance, regulation and inspection, quality systems documentation, organizational effectiveness and efficiency in the use of resources. Furthermore, records management can benefit society through its assistance in areas such as civil rights, transparency of government and accountability. Unfortunately, it is often not a viable option, nor an understood one, for most library and information organizations to employ records management professionals alongside LIS professionals.

This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data). Can archives and records management still make a distinctive contribution in the 21st century, or are they now being dissolved into a wider world of information governance? What should be our conceptual understanding of records in the digital era? What are the practical implications of the information revolution for the work of archivists and records managers? Geoffrey Yeo, a distinguished expert in the global field, explores...