James Lowry, Justus Wamukoya

Integrity in Government through Records Management

Essays in Honour of Anne Thurston

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As a celebration of Anne Thurston's contribution to the field of archives and records management, and public administration in the developing world, this excellent volume brings together scholars and practicing archivists to discuss the key issues around public records and good governance. Never before have these authors from the developing and developed world published together on the intersection of records and archives and development, a key to good governance. The book covers three broad areas - records management and training, governance and transparency and digital records management and preservation. Case studies from all over Africa enhance the theoretical and practical perspectives taken by the authors. This book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in records management and good governance around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781472428455
• ISBN-10: 1472428455
• Artikelnr.: 44730796

Autorenporträt

James Lowry is the Deputy Director of the International Records Management Trust and Justus Wamukoya is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information Science at Moi University, Kenya.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, James Lowry, Justus Wamukoya; Part I Thurston and the
International Records Management Trust; Chapter 1 Anne Thurston and
Record-keeping Reform in Commonwealth Africa, Nathan Mnjama; Chapter 2
Developing Training Resources for Records and Archives Management:
Balancing Global Needs with Regional Realities, Laura Millar; Chapter 3
Vital Records: The Importance of National Archives and Records
Administrations to Governance and Civil Society in Sierra Leone, Sarah
Demb; Chapter 4 The Sierra Leone Teachers' Records Management Improvement
Programme, Andrew Griffin, Muniru Kawa; Part II Colonial and Post-Colonial
Record-keeping; Chapter 5 Record-keeping for Good Governance and
Accountability in the Colonial Office: An Historical Sketch, Mandy Banton;
Chapter 6 The Influence of the One Party Regime on Archives in Malawi: 1964
to 1994, Paul Lihoma; Chapter 7 The Impact of Organisational Culture on
Public Sector Records Management Reform, Peter Mazikana; Chapter 8
Preserving and Accessing the South African Truth and Reconciliation
Commission Records: Challenges for the National Archives, Lekoko Kenosi;
Part III Records, Governance and Transparency; Chapter 9 Audit and
Accountability in the Government of Ghana: A Records Management
Perspective, Pino Akotia; Chapter 10 The Protection of Land Rights: The
Case of Land Records Management in Uganda, David Luyombya; Chapter 11 The
Importance of Records in the Right to Information, Kelvin Smith; Chapter 12
Opening Government: Open Data and Access to Information, James Lowry; Part
IV Digital Records Management and Preservation; Chapter 13 Records
Management and Governance in Africa in the Digital Age, Justus Wamukoya;
Chapter 14 The Prerequisites for Electronic Records Management in the
Developing World: Lessons from Yemen and Kenya, Olav Hagen Sataslåtten;
Chapter 15 Trusted Digital Repositories and Developing Nations, Anthea
Seles; Chapter 16 Trust in Records and Data Online, Luciana Duranti,
Corinne Rogers; Part V Reflections; Chapter 17 Education in Records and
Archives Management: A View from London, Geoffrey Yeo, Elizabeth Shepherd,
Andrew Flinn; Chapter 18 ACARM's Position in the Ever-changing World of
Archives, Charles Farrugia; Chapter 19 Enhancing Record-keeping Capacity in
Developing Countries: Building the Bridges, John McDonald;