2009 Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2009), "2009 Awards for Excellence", Records Management Journal, Vol. 19 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/rmj.2009.28119caa.003

2009 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: Awards for Excellence From: Records Management Journal, Volume 19, Issue 3

The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award forRecords Management Journal

"Service-oriented architectures and recordkeeping''

Barbara ReedRecordkeeping Innovation Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia

Purpose -- This paper aims to outline the concepts of web services architectures and to begin an exploration of the uses that recordkeeping professionals may define for such a potentially radical change to the way recordkeeping functionality is delivered.Design/methodology/approach -- The paper combines narrative with argument and analysis of the issues surrounding records management.Findings -- The paper shows that the digital world has introduced new challenges to recordkeeping professionals. The initial response has been to transfer traditional recordkeeping systems to automated solutions. Increasingly these are being challenged for fit in dynamic organizational environments. Web services as a building-block for next generation software applications are growing in acceptance both in governments and in innovative product offerings.Originality/value -- Recordkeeping professionals should ensure that they are very firmly grounded in best professional practice in recordkeeping to grasp such a technology opportunity.

Keywords Change management, Records managementwww.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/09565690810858488This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 1, 2008, pp. 7-20,Records Management Journal

The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award

"The role of virtual folders in developing an electronic document and records management system: meeting user and records management needs''

Philip Jones

This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 1, 2008, Records Management Journal

"Digital preservation: making the song remain the same''

Frank McCarthy

This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 2, 2008, Records Management Journal

"Interoperable data: sustainable frameworks for creating and managing record-keeping metadata''

Joanne EvansBarbara ReedSue McKemmishThis article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 2, 2008, Records Management Journal