Integrity in government through records management : essays in honour of Anne Thurston / / edited by James Lowry, and Justus Wamukoya

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.3/870967
• Soggetto topico: Public records - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Management; Public records - Developing countries - Management; Government information - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Management; Government information - Developing countries - Management; Transparency (Ethics) in government - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Transparency (Ethics) in government - Developing countries; Public administration - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Public administration - Developing countries
• Altri autori: LowryJames <1978-> WamukoyaJustus
• Persona (resp. second.): ThurstonAnne
• Note generali: First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : public records and good governance / James Lowry and Justus Wamukoya -- Anne thurston and record-keeping reform in commonwealth africa / Nathan Mnjama -- Developing training resources for records and archives management : balancing global needs with regional realities / Laura Millar -- Vital records : the importance of national archives and records administrations to governance and civil society in sierra leone / Sarah Demb -- The sierra leone teachers' records management improvement programme / Andrew Griffin and Muniru Kawa -- Record-keeping for good governance and accountability in the colonial office : an historical sketch / Mandy Banton -- The influence of the one party regime on archives in malawi, 1964 to 1994 / Paul Lihoma -- The impact of organisational culture on public sector records management reform / Peter Mazikana -- Preserving and accessing the south african truth and reconciliation commission records : challenges for the national archives / Lekoko Kenosi -- Audit and accountability in the government of ghana : a records management perspective / Pino Akotia -- Protection of rights and entitlements : the case of land records management in uganda / David Luyombya -- The importance of records in the right to information / Kelvin Smith -- Opening government : open data and access to information / James Lowry -- Digital records management and preservation -- Records management and governance in africa in the digital age / Justus Wamukoya -- The prerequisites for electronic records management in the developing world : lessons from yemen and kenya / Olav Hagen Sataslåtten -- Trusted digital repositories and developing nations / Anthea Seles -- Trust in records and data online / Luciana Duranti and Corinne Rogers -- Education in records and archives management : a view from london / Geoffrey Yeo, Elizabeth Shepherd and Andrew Flinn -- Acarm's position in the ever changing world of archives / Charles Farrugia -- Enhancing record-keeping capacity in developing countries : building the bridges / John McDonald.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Integrity in government through records management
• ISBN: 1-315-58907-9; 1-317-11512-0; 0-8153-9974-X; 1-317-11511-2; 1-4724-2846-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812780403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II