See attachment about a paper and a presentation
concerned with records continuum model and its
implications to electronic records managment best
practice. Best wishes. Xiaomi An

--- Jane Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I am very new to records management and am currently
> doing a course in 
> order to learn.  
> 
> 
> Part of the course work is to read up on the above
> models and to form an 
> opinion as to the relevance to real life records
> management.  I have 
> posted a similiar question on the American List.
> 
> 
> The Australians seem to have taken the continuum
> model totally on board; 
> the replies so far from the American list have taken
> a more pragmatic 
> approach - horses for courses, so to speak.  One
> commented that the 
> continuum model was fine for academics and
> theorists....
> 
> What is the feeling in the UK?  Is there any great
> debate as to which to 
> go with?  Or is it mix and match?  
> 
> The contiuum model seems to bring records managers
> and archivists together 
> whereas the LifeCycle model compartmentalises?  Am I
> right?
> 


An Xiaomi
Associate Professor
Archives College
Renmin University of China
Beijing 100872, China
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