Hi Jenna, Here are some things that come immediately to mind. - Preservation of electronic records (file format issues) - Hardware obsolescence and digital preservation - Increased difficulty in manual classification and taxonomy generation, leading to advances in automation of same - Collaborative tools that generate records (Wiki, blogs, IM, unified messaging) and how to address them - Integration between legacy and line of business systems and EDMS/ERMS/EDRMS - Decentralization not only of clients and records, but of systems that can broker information using XML - Audio, video, Flash animations as records: storage, retrieval, indexing, categorization - Pervasiveness of mobile devices (cell phones, PDA, others) and storage options (USB flash drives, MP3 players, compact flash-type cards) and the security and retention/disposition issues they present to RIM - The "recordness" of electronic records: presentation vs. content vs. structure Don't have answers for many of these yet, and I'm sure there are a number more that will come up from the list, but these are starting to occupy MY time. Regards, Jesse Wilkins CDIA+, LIT, EDP, ICP IMERGE Consulting (303) 574-1455 office (303) 484-4142 fax [log in to unmask] http://www.imergeconsult.com >From: Jenna Barker <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: future of records management >Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:14:45 -0700 > >Hello, > >I'm researching the topic of what information and records management >programs in the workplace (specifically government) are going to look like >in the next 5-10 years. What sorts of technologies, issues, etc. will >likely exist 5 years down the road, or further if we can project that far. >I've located relevant articles from the Center for Digital Government and a >few federal government reports as well. I'm looking for more information >about what an office could be like that would effect records. I.e.- >paperless? prevalence of instant messaging? records storage >concepts/centers? >Thanks for any help, >Jenna > >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended >solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. >If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. >This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the >individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not >disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > >List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html >Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance