Records Management: Making the Transition from Paper to Electronic - Paperback

by David O. Stephens Crm (Author)

Traditional records and information management (RIM) programs have been organized around paper-based, physical recordkeeping systems and processes. However, organizations must transition from the paper-based model to a new model built around the management of electronic records to optimize the value of information by ensuring that it is easily accessible, complete, true and accurate, and fully usable for any and all legal and business purposes. Making the Transition from Paper to Electronic focuses on 10 key ingredients for making this transition.Major topic areas include: - records retention- auditing and compliance- recordkeeping and the law- improving recordkeeping system performance- records protection- information access, privacy, and security- software solutions- digital records preservatio