Records Management Society Team Award, 2005
In April the University of Edinburgh received the Records Management Society
Team Award 2005 for outstanding organisational contributions
in the field of records management.
Articles reporting the news were published on the University website and in BITs.
The Records Management Society of Great Britain is the professional association for those who work in or are
concerned with records or information management in Great Britain.
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University wins Records Management Award
The
University of Edinburgh has received the Records Management Society Award 2005,
for its work in preparing for the implementation of the Scottish Freedom of
Information Act. The University Records Manager, Susan Graham, received
the Award on behalf of the University at the Society's annual conference at
Bournemouth. Dr Paul Duller, the Chair of the Records Management Society,
said that the University had received this award for its "outstanding
contribution made to the entire Scottish HE Sector in the lead up to the
implementation of the Freedom of Information Act".
The Award recognises excellence in the field of records management and
related disciplines. Many people throughout the University contributed to
this achievement, which Principal Timothy O'Shea described as a recognition of
the foresight of the University, and of the quality work that was carried out in
preparation for the Freedom of Information legislation.
The University intends to use the sound base it has laid in this area to
ensure that it reaps the maximum benefits from effective records management
practice.
Freedom of Information and Data Protection legislation means it is more
important than ever that our records are accurate, and that we manage them
appropriately and effectively. Records management helps everyone in their
day-to-day work, by:
- helping you to do your job better, by supporting ease and efficiency of
working;
- protecting you and the University, by showing what the University did and
why;
- saving time, by ensuring that information can be found easily;
- reducing costs, particularly space costs, by ensuring you keep only the
records you have to;
- ensuring records can be relied on and have a high value as evidence if
necessary.
(Photograph of members of Records Management Section: Copyright BITs)
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