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Posts by Jo Moorshead

A qualified information and records manager and history graduate, Jo Moorshead has worked at The National Archives for 10 years. She has worked in a variety of government facing roles across the organisation in areas such as FOI, cataloguing and selection and transfer. Her current role is as an Information Management Consultant with responsibility for shaping and delivering advice and guidance on the management of digital information. Jo has particular expertise in the area of appraisal and selection of government records for permanent preservation and in the development and provision of training.

10
Wed Apr
2013

It’s not just about the technology…

Posted by Jo Moorshead in Managing information
Dear Information Agony Aunt

Help! I’ve recently been given the task of managing digital continuity within my organisation. The thing is I haven’t got a clue where to start. My organisation holds 15+ years’ worth of digital information across a range of different systems (some current and some legacy). I don’t think we have officially deleted anything. Isn’t there a whizzy piece of software that can solve our problems for us?

Your agony aunt at work (catalogue reference DEFE 1/322)

Your agony aunt at work (catalogue reference DEFE 1/322)

Confused

 

Dear Confused

If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard someone say that software could solve all their ills, I’d be a very rich agony aunt! The bad news is that I am not aware of such a system.

The good news is that there are a number of steps that you can take to start getting a handle on this within your organisation:

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