Records Management Journal: Volume 28 Issue 2

Separating the wheat from the chaff with the winnowing fork: The eeny meeny miny mo appraisal approach of digital records in South Africa

Mpho Ngoepe, Marcia Nkwe

Appraisal of records to separate the wheat (records of enduring value) from the chaff (ephemeral records) is one of the most important functions of the archives. In terms…

The neglected fond in university archives: The case of sport club records at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Pietermaritzburg Campus, South Africa

Francis Garaba

This paper aims to focus on the need to ascertain harmony in records and archives management practices between the university archives, sports union and the various sport…

Electronic records management research in ESARBICA: a bibliometric study

Dickson Chigariro, Njabulo Bruce Khumalo

This study aims to find out how the e-records management subject has been researched and tackled by researchers in the Eastern and Southern African Regional Branch of the…

Ethnographic sensitivity and current recordkeeping: Applying information culture analysis in the workplace

Gillian Oliver, Fiorella Foscarini, Craigie Sinclair, Catherine Nicholls, Lydia Loriente

The purpose of this paper is to report on the application of information culture analysis techniques in the workplace. The paper suggests that records managers should use…

Medical records management framework to support public healthcare services in Limpopo province of South Africa

Ngoako Solomon Marutha, Mpho Ngoepe

This study aims to develop a framework for the management of medical records in support of health-care service delivery in the hospitals in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Managing records and archives in a Hong Kong school: a case study

Eric C.K. Cheng

This study aims to explore the principles and practices for managing records with the lens of functional analysis and knowledge management by using a case study that…