Tomorrow afternoon I will be holding a speech at the "electronic information management conference" (elektronisk informationshantering) arranged by IQPC.
I will talk about the business benefits of recordkeeping, and why the preliminary analysis found in the ISO 15489 standard is so important. Too often I have found organizations that just implement the system, without putting any effort into trying to follow the steps found in the ISO 15489. One other theme within my presentation will be the importance of working proactive when dealing with recordkeeping.
The appraisal, the requirement engineering, the metadata definition, etc must all be done proactive. Unfortunately very few persons work proactive with electronic records.
The business values you get from a sound recordkeeping strategy seems to be something few persons are aware of. Today I was called by a IT-department employee at one large government agency in Sweden. He wanted me to do some consultancy work related to electronic archiving. He was of the category persons that think that the archive is an old dusty building that no one really want to keep. He was not convinced that sound recordkeeping is an important part of a modern government.
There will always be more ignorant persons than competent.
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