The management of corporate records in Italy: traditional practice and methods and digital environment

Abstract

The archival communitys interest in building records management programs has known a recent development at international level and in various sectors. This is increasingly relevant in the area of corporate records, where the RM principles and methods have been seriously neglected – specifically in the Italian tradition, investigated here. This new interest has many causes – among others, the improvement of business procedures whose efficiency and effectiveness are strictly required in the information society – but presents also contradictions usually not discussed enough within each tradition. The article tries to analyse both the problems and advantages connected with the organization of a RM system in a corporate environment, including as a basic component a summary of the theory and practice developed in Italy in this area and recently updated for digital resources.

Citation

Bilotto, A. and Guercio, M. (2003), "The management of corporate records in Italy: traditional practice and methods and digital environment", Records Management Journal, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 136-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/09565690310507347