[167] in Information Retrieval
[MIT: Memory in Transition? Managing Electronic Records]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim McGovern)
Mon May 10 10:23:40 1993
Date: Mon, 10 May 93 10:22:58 EST
From: tjm@MIT.EDU (Tim McGovern)
To: dcns-dev@MIT.EDU
Cc: elibdev@MIT.EDU, jon-dist@MIT.EDU
I'm told that Terry Cook is a most interesting speaker on this topic...
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From: lbeattie@Athena.MIT.EDU
To: infosysm@MIT.EDU
Subject: MIT: Memory in Transition? Managing Electronic Records
Date: Fri, 07 May 93 10:06:20 EDT
You are invited to a presentation
MIT: MEMORY IN TRANSITION?
Managing Electronic Records
by
TERRY COOK
National Archives of Canada
WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 1993, 2-3:30 p.m.
6-120
This presentation is offered as part of an ongoing effort by Information
Systems and the MIT Libraries to inform the MIT community about the issues
associated with the long-term management of electronic records. The
collective, long-term memory of MIT is threatened by information technology.
The Institute's corporate memory is in transition, passing from the surety of
paper-based systems to one of two possibilities: greater control for enhanced
administrative efficiency through the use of technology, or information black
holes where memory will be lost forever. Senior administrators and their
professional advisors must be concerned with the latter possibility and the
administrative, academic, not to say legal, chaos that would follow. Yet
there are strategies and solutions already developed that can aid decision-
makers to harness the power of information technology to enhance rather than
threaten corporate memory.
The issues involved and the possible strategic and practical responses will be
discussed by Terry Cook of the National Archives of Canada. The author of
more than fifty publications, Dr. Cook is responsible for the paper-based and
electronic records of one-half of the departments and agencies of the
Government of Canada and is an internationally recognized expert on archival
methods in the information age.
No registration is required for this event, and you are urged to notify others
who would be interested and encourage them to come. This announcement has been
sent out to several lists. Apologies to those of you who may have received it
more that once. If you have any questions about this event please contact
Helen Samuels, 3-5688, hwsamuel@athena.mit.edu.
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