Subject: Records Management Journal - Special issue call for papers
‘Big data, open data, open source: Information and records management
opportunities and challenges’
Records Management Journal - Special issue call for papers
Guest Editor: Anne Thurston, International Director, IRMT (Information &
Records Management Trust)
The Records Management Journal invites submissions for a special issue
focused on the opportunities and challenges of managing big data and open
data.
We welcome contributions about, but not limited to, the following themes:
The application of records management and archival theory to data management
Professional roles and skills: records manager, information manager,
archivist, data scientist, data/information analyst
Systems design and infrastructure
Technologies and tools for access, analysis, use and re-use
Open source formats and approaches
Planning, management, resourcing
Context/ metadata capture
Data integrity / traceability to reliable sources
Data and accountability
Retention and preservation
User and organisational needs
Relationship of records, data and statistics
Legislative liability, rights, ownership and ethics
Data use and re-use for innovation, enterprise, economic growth and
cultural development
We are interested in different disciplinary perspectives from researchers,
academics and practitioners. Submissions can be viewpoints, critical
reviews, research, case studies or conceptual/philosophical papers.
Submission Deadlines
Extended abstracts (more info below): 9th September 2013
Abstracts accepted and authors notified: 20th September 2013
Full paper submitted: 19 January 2014
Review, revision and final acceptance: May 2014
Publication expected in August 2014
Submission Process
Extended abstracts should be a 500 word version of the Records Management
Journal’s structured abstract, using the headings described in the author
guidelines (
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=rmj&PHPSESSID=dv5qj5pu3vi7klhdrjjmrsust5#14).
Under the design/methodology/approach heading, please include the following
as appropriate to the type of paper:
What is the approach to the topic if it is a theoretical or conceptual
paper? Briefly outline existing knowledge and the value added by the paper
compared to that.
What is the main research question and/or aim if it a research paper? What
is the research strategy and the main method(s) used?
If the paper is a case study outline its scope and nature and the method of
deriving conclusions.
Please send your extended abstract to the Journal Editor:
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Full papers (for accepted abstracts) should be 3000-8000 words (excluding
references) and should be prepared using the RMJ guidelines which can be
read here:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=rmj.
Papers will be reviewed following the journal’s standard double-blind peer
review process.
The Journal Editor is also happy to receive informal enquiries.
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*Lawrence J. Medina
Danville, CA
RIM Professional since 1972*
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