Nelly,

Not enough research and writing is done on Records Management. Good for 
you! 

The issue I most hear about most among modern records managers is the lack 
of a common practice to capture born digital materials at the start of the 
records life cycle.

 This born digital material includes emails, text records such a .doc 
files, spreadsheets,databases, etc.  Current methods are either not user 
friendly or cost effective. Content Management systems have major flaws 
which start with requiring platform standardization between records 
creators/users, as well as training/education/reliable records creators to 
provide front end metadata for searching. 

You have many possibilities with this issue.  There are more than a 
handful of projects devoted to this issue. Also, software companies saying 
they will produce the next ?sliver bullet.? But this is a list of 
questions swimming around in my head:  Where are we (RM and IT) going with 
this issue?  When can we see viable solutions? What should they look like? 
Why are current solutions for this issue making records mangers life more 
difficult?  It took paper centuries to become the preferred way of 
capturing records--are we just being too impatient? 

  If you are studying Technology,  this would be a valued area of 
expertise.  I wish you luck. 


Cheers 

Melissa. 

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