**** We would like to advise that there are still some places available for the forthcoming AC+erm Project Colloquium in Edinburgh on the 24th of this month. See below for details and registration. ****


Accelerating positive change in electronic records management
Tackling the Systems and Technology Issues Together


PROJECT COLLOQUIUM
24 September 2009, The Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh
22 Hanover Street, Edinburgh EH2 2EP
http://www.merchantshall.co.uk/ 


- How are we tackling the systems and technology issues of managing e-records? 
- Have we got it right?
- Are you searching for new approaches/ideas?
- Do you want to contribute to finding solutions and further test some project 'tools'?

This free event shares the latest results of a major evidence-based research project taking a strategic approach to accelerating positive change in electronic records management. Discover what you can adopt from the experience of different stakeholders in different disciplines, sectors and countries. Compare your approach and contribute your knowledge and experience to the findings. Try out some of the tools being developed in the project and share your views.

- Are you a records/information professional in search of solutions to managing e-records?
- Are you a manager wanting to make effective use of your organisation's information assets?
- Are you an IT specialist wanting to implement ERM systems and demonstrate their success?
- Are you an employee who wants systems designed to meet your needs and be easy to use?

Then this event is a chance for you to learn, influence, share, benchmark and contribute to the challenge of positive change in managing our e-information assets by taking part in discussion forums and a workshop. Take away fresh insights and benefit from trans-disciplinary and cross-sectoral perspectives and expertise.

The discussions of solutions to technological issues will focus on five selected topics:

1. Approaches to e-Records Management (ERM) (e.g. stand-alone EDRMS, embedding RM in line of business systems etc.)
2. Trade-offs in ERM implementation
3. Technical aspects of ERM (e.g. compatibility, customisation, usability)
4. Automation of records management processes
5. Cloud computing and ERM

Our research is focused on electronic records management, not records managers, and on the perspectives of all stakeholders who create and use records. So consider bringing another colleague with you to the meeting or recommending to them that they attend in their own right. For example, if you are a records professional, perhaps someone on your implementation project group, an IT or super-user colleague with whom you have liaised, a senior manager who has expressed an interest, or a lunch-time companion whose ideas on technology in the workplace and the wider world appeal to you or make you think.

The registration form for this event can be downloaded from
http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/re/isrc/themes/rmarea/erm/coll/coll3/ 

Interim research results, including outputs from the previous colloquia, are available in the Dissemination section of the Project website 
http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/re/isrc/themes/rmarea/erm/diss/
    

AGENDA

12:00-12:30	Lunch

12:30-12:40	Introduction
*	The AC+erm project - update on findings

12:40-13:10	Discussion Forum One
*	Identifying the technology issues (all issues)
	> Have we got them right?  > Have we identified them all?

13:10-14:40	Discussion Forum Two
*	In search of solutions (five selected issues)
	> What is worth trying?  > What should be avoided?
	> What is desirable?  > What is feasible?  > What is likely to happen?

14:40-14:50	Workshop - Introduction

14:50-15:10	Tea

15:10-16:25 Workshop
*	Using the draft tools (vignettes) to build a vision of ERM
	> Vignette 1 - textual, using 'fridge phrases'
	> Vignette 2 - graphic / textual, using 'rich pictures'
	> Vignette 3 - textual, using narrative 'story'

16:25-16:30	Summary & next steps

16:30-17:30	Drinks reception - networking & further discussion 



Rachel Hardiman, BA (Hons), MSc
On behalf of the AC+erm Project Team

School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences
Northumbria University
Room 247
Pandon Building
Camden Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1XE
 
Tel: 0191 243 7650
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AC+erm Project website: www.northumbria.ac.uk/acerm  
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