Records management websites

The following websites are particularly useful for the breadth of their coverage of records management issues. Most of them provide information about both paper and electronic records. Some of their content focuses on the needs of public sector organizations in particular countries, but most is of considerably wider relevance.

In 2003 the name of the UK Public Record Office is expected to change to the National Archives, and its web address may also change.

Further information about developments in electronic records management can be found on the following websites.

General works in print

Recent works that provide coverage of electronic as well as paper records

Kennedy, J. and Schauder, C. (1998) Records management: a guide to corporate record keeping, 2nd edn, Addison Wesley Longman Australia. Widely used Australian text, revised in 1998 to conform with the Australian records management standard AS 4390.

Parker, E. (1999) Managing your organization's records, Library Association Publishing.

Practical manual in an informal style.

Short introductions to records management

Hare, C. and McLeod, J. (1997) Developing a records management programme, Aslib. Succinct account of the components of a records management programme.

McLeod, J. and Hare, C. (2001) Records management. In Scammell, A. (ed.) Handbook of information management, 8th edn, Aslib IMI. Overview of records management principles, approaches and trends.

Saffady, W. (1999) The value of records management: a manager's briefing, ARMA International. Brief explanation of records management, emphasizing the value that it can deliver to an organization.

Works focusing mainly or wholly on the management of electronic records

Bearman, D. (1994) Electronic evidence: strategies for managing records in contemporary organizations, Archives and Museum Informatics. Seminal work including reprints of articles by a leading theorist.

Dearstyne, B. (ed.) (2002) Effective approaches for managing electronic records and archives, Scarecrow Press. Collection of essays, mainly by US authors.