This presentation questions whether Records Management is do-able at a time when technology allows anyone to create information and share with anyone on a global basis, and where organizational boundaries and controls are quickly disappearing. The current information landscape will be depicted in order to understand some of the key issues and challenges it brings to current Records Management practices and tools and anticipate some of the changes needed for Records Management to stay relevant(alive) in tomorrow's world. [PRESENTATION]

The Model Requirements Specification for the Management of Electronic Records (MoReq2) was developed with funding from the European Commission for use across a broad spectrum of public sector and commercial organizations. It should help with software planning and evaluation, although no software product has so far been independently evaluated as MoReq2-compliant. Marc Fresko will give us an insider’s view of the challenges and the prospects. [PRESENTATION]

Given the widespread take-up of SharePoint 2007 as a Document and Records Management tool, especially within the public sector, it is important to ask how it stacks up against the model of requirements provided by MoReq2. Undertaking a complete mapping of requirements to functionality has provided significant insight into the true strengths and weaknesses of SharePoint for DRM, allowing informed decisions for Records Managers, and deeper understanding of the risk management approach that needs to be employed. This session will look firstly at the actual mapping exercise and the outputs of it, and secondly at its application in two case studies, and the benefit it brought to the clients concerned. [PRESENTATION]

How do two very discrete parts of an enterprise attempt to organize and share a common records collection? Tube Lines is the private contractor to London Underground responsible for maintaining the Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. Its two shareholders, US project management company Bechtel Ltd and French asset maintenance company Amey (wholly-owned subsidiary of Spanish giant Ferrovial), both contribute staff and ways of working to Tube Lines. In addition, many of the staff were moved from London Underground when Tube Lines won the PPP contract and commenced in 2003. So how does information architecture play a key role in bringing Tube Lines' work processes, recordkeeping and business planning together? Are the cultural issues surmountable? Are engineers addicted to the JDI (Just Do It) ethos? [PRESENTATION]

Records of British military operations have been kept on a systematic basis since the 1870s. This presentation examines how the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is collecting this vital record set in the 21st century. It examines the drivers for change over recent years as well as the benefits gained and lessons learned by the MOD from operational record keeping. [Presentation not available]