All this talk about poor recordkeeping causing/not causing disasters brought to mind an old Arthur C. Clarke story, The Nine Billion Names of God, about a Buddist sect seeking to compile all the true names of God. The kicker was their belief that once the list was completed, mankind would have achieved it purpose and the world would cease to exist.
A fictional case of good recordkeeping causing a disaster!
Robin Tew
Supervisor, Records Management
(and science fiction reader)
Pinellas County Schools
John Lovejoy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Nice thing about this job is... planes don't fall out of the sky because
>a RIM professional missed something.
Unless you work in the Aviation industry - it happens. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau http://www.atsb.gov.au/ (the Australian equivalent of the National Transportation Safety Board) often has reports where poor recordkeeping has (albeit indirectly) contributed to a incident or accident.
Every industry has its potential disasters waiting to happen if recordkeeping is not up to scratch.
John Lovejoy
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