‘Loose Leaves’

Abstract

To be asked to write a column for the Records Management Journal is an exciting prospect. I intend to pick up and air relevant and pertinent changes and developments in the Records and Information world which will in one way or another affect all of us working within the environment sooner or later. I do not intend to be restricted by the traditional boundaries which distinguish and isolate one from another, librarians, information scientists and archivists. This column will rove across these hitherto fixed boundaries and link issues that are going to impinge upon all involved in the information industry. These issues will have common themes such as: technology; strategic and tactical planning, information manipulation; the Records and Information Manager. It is my intention within this column to place all these activities within the widest organisational context, whether it be public or private sector, profit‐making or charitable. I am particularly keen to erode the self‐imposed dichotomy between the business and public sectors. After all, the Records and Information Manager on both sides of this divide applies the same principles and techniques. It is as absurd to believe that the public sector possesses a monopoly on integrity as it is to suggest that the private sector has a monopoly on resources and cash.

Citation

Davies, V. (1989), "‘Loose Leaves’", Records Management Journal, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 36-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb027020