E-Records readiness at the National archives of Zimbabwe
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Authors
Nkala, S Gugulethu
Ngulube, Patrick
Mangena, B Sikhulumani
Issue Date
2012
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Article
Language
en
Keywords
E-records readiness , alectronic records , National Archives of Zimbabwe , e-government
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Abstract
With the adoption of e-government, large volumes of electronic records are being
generated in several forms. As government services move online, electronic-records will
be the basis for confiming pension and other entitlements, registering births and deaths,
verifying citizenship and certifying voting rights, enabling the collection of taxes and
census enumeration, supporting fiancial management and enabling audits and evaluations,
helping resolve land claims, supporting litigation, documenting inter-governmental
agreements, enabling economic planning, describing the government’s accomplishments,
documenting its transgressions, monitoring the nation’s development and governance,
and enabling countless other information intensive activities (IRMT 2004). Just as in
paper-based records that are preserved at the national archives for public consumption,
e-records should be awarded the same status and attention. Archival institutions should
be able to accept electronic records produced by government departments since these
records are vital to the operation of the country and interacting with its citizens. This
article seeks to assess the electronic-readiness of the National Archives of Zimbabwe,
since the management of e-records is one area that has challenged archivists and records
managers, especially in developing countries. The article also aims to examine whether
the archival institution has the necessary resources for the preservation of e-records.
These archival resources include staff skills and the institutional infrastructure, both of
which assist government departments in addressing the problems they face in promoting
the archival perspective within government departments.
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Citation
Nkala S Gugulethu, Ngulube Patrick, Mangena B Sikhulumani, (2012) E-Records readiness at the National archives of Zimbabwe. Mousaion 30 (2) 108-116
Publisher
Unisa Press
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00272639