Management of recorded information : converging disciplines : proceedings of the International Council on Archives's Symposium on Current Records : National Archives of Canada, Ottawa May 15-17, 1989

Compte rendu du colloque sur les archives courantes du conseil international des archives (Archives nationales du Canada).Les communications en anglais sont précédées d'un résumé en français. Preface Préface Foreword Avant-propos Welcome Speech/Discours de bienvenue Welcome Speech Keynote Address: Whither Information? Records and Administrative Processes: Retrospect and Prospects Virtual Documents on an Electronic Desktop: Hypermedia, Emerging Computing Environments and the Future of Information Management Management of Grey Literature Visual Data Bases: Photographs as Information Records Management of Moving-Image and Sound Records Management of Digital Geographic and Computer-Aided Design and Drafting Records The Evolution of Tools and Techniques for the Management of Machine-Readable Data Information Technology Standards: A Foundation for Data Management Multisensory Data and Its Management The Impact of Convergence on the Life Cycle of Records Library and Information Science and Publishing: From Applications to Problem Orientation The Challenges of Information Sciences to the High-Technology Disciplines La gestion des documents et l’archivistique First Panel Discussion Information Management Policy and Practice Information Resources Management in Context and Contest Final Panel Discussion List of Contributors/Liste des contributeurs Current Committee on Records, ICA

The changes brought about by the World Wide Web and the explosion of electronic media have called into question many of the assumptions on which national bibliographies have been founded. The need was growing of a route map to navigate through unchartes territories. After a preparation period of several years, IFLA ́s Bibliography Section endorsed this large set of guidelines. They seek to help national bibliographic agencies improve their bibliographic services. Many examples and references are included.