Dear All,
I had to follow up Maureen's email by commenting on the excellence of
this paper. If you have problems selling the vital importance on the
management (or curation) of emails then you are well advised to read
this paper.
Quite a few pages, but riveting for those of us trying to advocate
better email management. The paper contains some excellent business
based drivers and the extent of validation of the content places it well
in terms of getting the message across.
I should stress that this is the first I have seen of this paper, thus
there is no other interest than to commend the altruistic efforts of
others.
Well done to Maureen Pennock and all involved.
Paul Dodgson
Executive Secretary
Records Management Society
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Sent: 28 July 2006 10:04
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Subject: New paper on Managing & Curating E-mails now available.
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** New paper on Managing and Curating E-mail messages now available from
the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) **
Subscribers to this list may be interested in a new instalment of the
DCC Digital Curation Manual that focuses on the management and curation
of e-mail messages.
Entitled 'Curating E-Mails: A life-cycle approach to the management and
curation of e-mail messages', the chapter explores in detail the many
issues involved in managing e-mail messages throughout their life cycle,
from creation to preservation and long-term archiving or disposal.
The paper is available at
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resource/curation-manual/chapters/curating-e-mails/
Abstract:
" E-mail forms the backbone of communications in many modern
institutions and organisations and is a valuable type of organisational,
cultural, and historical record. Successful management and preservation
of valuable e-mail messages and collections is therefore vital if
organisational accountability is to be achieved and historical or
cultural memory retained for the future. This requires attention by all
stakeholders across the entire life-cycle of the e-mail records.
This instalment of the Digital Curation Manual reports on the several
issues involved in managing and curating e-mail messages for both
current and future use. Although there is no 'one-size-fits-all'
solution, this instalment outlines a generic framework for e-mail
curation and preservation, provides a summary of current approaches, and
addresses the technical, organisational and cultural challenges to
successful e-mail management and longer-term curation."
Author: Maureen Pennock
Date of Publication: July 2006
Best wishes,
Maureen.
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Maureen Pennock
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UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)1225 386711 Fax: +44 (0)1225 386838
Digital Curation Centre http://www.dcc.ac.uk
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