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Re: computer-assisted appraisal examples



Would respondents please reply to the list?  Thanks!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cal Lee [SMTP:calz@UMICH.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 8:55 AM
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> Subject:      computer-assisted appraisal examples
>
> Please forgive the crosspostings.
>
> I'll be giving a paper in a couple weeks on computer-assisted appraisal of
> electronic records at the
> Midwest Archives Conference, and I would really appreciate hearing from
> anyone who can provide any
> real-world examples.
>
> My emphasis is on the "assisted" part, rather than efforts to completely
> automate the appraisal
> process.  Examples could include things as simple as using computer
> directory structures to engage in
> folder-level appraisal or as complicated as using the latest data mining
> tools to identify valuable
> database records.
>
> I agree completely with those who say appraisal of electronic records
> should ideally be conducted
> before the records themselves are even created, through functional
> analysis and retention scheduling.
> But the focus of my paper will be on those (all too common) times when
> archivists and records managers
> are called on to appraise records after the fact and cases when a large
> body of records (too large to
> analyze at the item level) is scheduled for destruction or purging by the
> archives but may still have
> some valuable records worth keeping.
>
> I plan to present on a number of technologies that I see as promising in
> this area, but I would love
> to also know about some technologies/practices already in place.
>
> Thank you in advance for your assistance on this.
>
> =======================================================
>  Cal Lee
>  University of Michigan
>  School of Information
>  Phone: 734-647-0505
>                   "Obsolete power corrupts obsoletely."
>                                            - Ted Nelson
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