Integrity in Government through Records Management Essays in Honour of Anne Thurston - Lowry, James (Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014)
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part IThurston and the International Records Management Trust; 1Anne Thurston and Record-keeping Reform in Commonwealth Africa; 2 Developing Training Resources for Records and Archives Management; 3 Vital Records: The Importance of National Archives and Records Administrations in Sierra Leone; 4 The Sierra Leone Teachers' Records Management Improvement Programme; Part II Colonial and Post-Colonial Record-keeping; 5 Record-keeping for Good Governance and Accountability in the Colonial Office
6 The Influence of the One Party Regime on Archives in Malawi: 1964 to 19947The Impact of Organisational Culture on Public Sector Records Management Reform; 8 Preserving and Accessing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission Records ; Part III Records, Governance and Transparency; 9 Audit and Accountability in the Government of Ghana; 10 The Protection of Land Rights in Uganda; 11The Importance of Records in the Right to Information; 12 Opening Government; Part IV Digital Records Management and Preservation; 13Records Management and Governance in Africa in the Digital Age
14 The Prerequisites for Electronic Records Management in the Developing World15 Trusted Digital Repositories and Developing Nations; 16Trust in Records and Data Online; Part VReflections; 17 Education in Records and Archives Management; 18ACARM's Position in the Ever-changing World of Archives; 19 Enhancing Record-keeping Capacity in Developing Countries; Tabula Gratulatoria; Index
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