Ensuring Optimal Use of Archives by Facilitating Effective Records Management Practices at Offices of Origin with Specific Reference to South Africa
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33700/2670-451X.26.2.85-93(2016)Keywords:
use, archives, records management, offices of origin, South AfricaAbstract
This article is aimed to highlighting the challenges in records management, how they are addressing or could be addressed and this has an influence on the eventual usage of archives. Archives and records management per se are being discussed. The absences of certain aspects of records management can result in poor archival management. These is discussed and possible solutions / suggestions are given e.g. the establishment of records management programmes and the integration of records management / archiving. The article has been written based on the author’s own experiences.
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