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2016-NOVEMBER: Metis Systems – From the moon to leading the digital wood decor revolution

Laurie Varendorff — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 13:16:48 +0000

The Author: Rob is the Digital Marketing Co-Ordinator at the Genus UK Head Office Metis Systems From the moon to leading the digital wood décor revolution Metis Systems is an Italian company that specialises in designing and manufacturing high quality scanners for the reproduction industry. Massimo Colagrande, his brother Lorenzo and sister Silvia are Metis […]

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2016-NOVEMBER: How are the German Archives protecting their German Cultural Heritage Collection Material from war and natural disasters? With Tried & Proven for around 100 Years – Microfilm, of course !!!!!!

Laurie Varendorff — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 13:56:48 +0000

The Author: Hayley Kilmurry is the Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator at the Genus UK Head Office How is Germany protecting its cultural heritage from war and natural disasters? – Microfilm, of course !!!!! German Archives Underground Vault 1 With the increase in digital storage media and formats and the need for archives to be […]

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2008-JULY: Is disposition = retention & disposal the only thing that records & information management – RIM is all about?

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:34:00 +0000

If it is, then we should all pack up and go home or do something more constructive with our lives! I am referring to the recent over reactive and unhealthy interest in [ ROI – Risk of Incarceration ] type of Electronic Discovery driven disposition. RIM is about an holistic approach to the management of […]

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2006-JULY: The Cavalry has, or is arriving on the Records and Information Management – RIM Scene after TWENTY FIVE – 25 years of Digital Amnesia

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:32:29 +0000

Since the introduction of the IBM compatible PC and DOS in 1981 it is claimed by many in the Records Management, Archive and History field that the history records of the past twenty five years has or will be lost due to the Digital Amnesia brought on by the introduction of the IBM compatible PC […]

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2006-JANUARY: Misconceptions in the records management fraternity

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:31:48 +0000

Misconceptions in the records management fraternity in respect to the intellectual creation, management and maintenance of Controlled Vocabularies – CV’s, Thesauri and Business Classification Schemes – BCS’s As a person with an interest in this subject area as a consultant specialising in the creation of Controlled Vocabularies – CV’s, Thesauri, Business Classification Schemes – BCS’s […]

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2006-JANUARY: Fact or Fiction? – A new evolutionary digital data storage process

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:31:08 +0000

A new evolutionary Digital Data & IT Information Storage Process and Media for Long Term – LE Preservation for ONE - 1 Hundred to up to FIVE – 5 Hundred Years! Historically and even today there is little in the way of digital recording media which will stand the test of time for archiving. The […]

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2005-DECEMBER: Proofing of Scanned-Imaged Documentation of all sizes

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:30:21 +0000

A hypothetical question: Do we need to Quality Assure – QA every document scanned in a scanning / imaging process? And the answer is –it depends! It depends on what? Quality Assurance – QA of the process but not necessarily the individual document! As an internal or external scanning/imaging provider, do we carry out […]

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2005-NOVEMBER: Records and Information Management – RIM Horror stories!

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:29:40 +0000

The scenario’s listed below may, or may not be the current activity of the organisation in question. I have been made aware of, or experienced first hand the situations outlined. I am not brave enough to return to the scene of the crime / crimes to check on the current activities and practices. Over time […]

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e-mail, the enemy !

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:28:55 +0000

Please tell me why! They tell me some organisations have banned the use of e-mails in their organisations! They tell me that e-mails are Evil and should not be something we need to endure! Well, I can tell you that if you banned me from using e-mails my business, professional and social life would come […]

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The interdependency of Records and Information Management (RIM) and Information Technology & Telecommunications (IT & T) or Information Technology & Communications (IT & C)

Laurie Varendorff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:28:09 +0000

Where is the synergy between these business operations? The synergy is, or should be complete with total cooperation and collaboration between these parties! Neither area cannot survive, one without the other. In times past, in the paper environment Records Management (RM) stood alone with its ledgers and card systems controlling the recording of incoming and […]

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