Jane Evans wrote:
> I looked at the Australian standards and came across this 
> continuum model as opposed to the life cycle of a record 
> and wondered if anyone was using it and what your thoughts were?

I recently read one of Frank Upward's papers on the continuum model as a 
paradigm for recordkeeping and archiving processes 
(www.sims.monash.edu.au/research/rcrg/publications/Frank%20U%20RMJ%202001.pdf). 


It seemed to me that he was advocating a more integrated approach between 
records managers and archivists regarding how to collect and preserve 
evidentiary information, especially now that electronic data is 
challenging what it means to "create" a record and where that record 
exists in time and space. We might need to turn to metadata to help keep 
track of how an electronic record is used, by whom, and how it relates to 
other records, all of which represent evidence of interest not only to 
Archivists. 

Cheers,
Taina Makinen
Vital Records Specialist
Canadian Tire Corporation
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