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Re: computer-assisted appraisal examples



Hi, Cal,

'fraid I have nothing to offer on the specifics / examples on electronic
appraisal as described  but I would be interested in obtaining a copy of
papers on the topic if at all possible.

Like others, I suspect,  my organization (i.e. my employers) is some way
from electronic appraisal  although cheerfully creating records.

The (British) Public Records Office  at  www.pro.gov.uk issue two books on
the appraisal of electronic records, I don't know if they  cover the areas
that you describe in sufficient depth.

regards

Bob Hogarth
-----Original Message-----
From: Cal Lee <calz@UMICH.EDU>
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: 11 October 2000 14:54
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
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