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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lowry, James, 1978-

Thurston, Anne, honouree.

Wamukoya, Justus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thurston, Anne.

Public records--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Management.

Public records.

Public records--Developing countries--Management.

Government information--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Management.

Government information.

Government information--Developing countries--Management.

Transparency (Ethics) in government--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Transparency (Ethics) in government.

Transparency (Ethics) in government--Developing countries.

Public administration--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Public administration.

Public administration--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-58907-9

1-317-11512-0

0-8153-9974-X

1-317-11511-2

1-4724-2846-3

9781315589077

OCLC:

890981963