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Oyedokun A.O is a respected information management practitioner, founder of the Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation (RIMA Foundation) www.rimaw.org, www.rimafoundation.org, publisher of Information Management World Magazine (IM World Magazine), and Executive Producer of Information Management Television (IM TV).
Saturday, 5 June 2010
RIMA Foundation Holds the 2010 Edition of Information Management Workshop, Awards and Exposition
The Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation (RIMA Foundation) is set to hold its annual workshop, exhibition and awards tagged Records and Information Management Awareness Workshop, Awards and Exposition (RIMAW & RIMA Awards 2010).
RIMA Foundation is a non-profit NGO that seek to promote proper management and security of records and information in Nigeria and Africa. The Non-profit NGO carries out its activities through different awareness campaign like workshops, trainings, expositions, road-shows, publications and awards.
RIMAW 2010 will address major issues affecting information management and security industry in Nigeria and Africa as well as proffer definitive answers to growing information management and security needs and issues.
Announcing RIMAW 2010, Mr. Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole, president of RIMA Foundation said the workshop will provide attendees with unique opportunities to meet leading information management, security and technology solution providers like Fujifilm, Docuscan Africa Ltd, Busicon Nigeria Limited, McAfee, Hadey, Xerox, Trinicle Limited, Docudata, Officetron, Josanti Info-Imaging Ghana, and so many other local and International solution providers.
According to him, “the workshop is billed to hold at the Welcome Centre Hotel, International Airport Road in Lagos, on 27 August 2010, while the award comes up the following day, 28 August 2010”
A paper on the theme for the workshop "Social Network Marketing as a Tool for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development in Africa" is expected to be delivered at the conference.
Chief Executives, key stakeholders and officers of corporations, Banks, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Government, Law enforcement including professionals will be attending the 2010 event. Attendees will among other things be able to learn and compare concepts, solutions and meet suppliers with an opportunity to discuss and share best practices with industry experts and existing users.
The one day workshop will start with a keynote presentation, followed by a number of parallel exposition and solution centre track. RIMAW 2010 Expo, according to Oyedokun, “is the only place where end users can truly assess the latest products and services from all the major information management, security and technology players in a face-to-face environment.”
The Expo will open all day to allow vendors and exhibitors showcase solutions that facilitate effective information management and security, business processes management, improve productivity and enhance collaboration in today’s organization. There will also be opportunity to network and develop relationships with exhibitors who are looking to expand their channel presence in Nigeria and Africa.
The awards, which will mark the climax of the workshop and exhibition, will be given to individuals and corporate organizations for their contributions and involvement in promoting the records and information management industry.
RIMA Awards are fiercely contested and highly valued within the IM, IS, IT and business world.
They are a showcase for organisations that have demonstrated the vision and the business skills to implement new technology to reap real business benefits. The Awards clearly demonstrate that the business proposition for deploying new technology is very sound, as evidenced by the number of well-conceived and highly successful products and projects submitted as entries.
RIMA Foundation, a resource to the Information Management and Security (IMS) Industry in Africa has recently been involved in different collaborative activities with different international organisations on information management and security awareness to ensure wider coverage, acceptance and adoption at the grass root level.
According to Oyedokun, “the information management industry in Africa has huge potentials for both investments and employment opportunities in Africa and the level of awareness is still at its lowest ebb which is why the Foundation is doing everything possible to make Africans realise these and also see the importance of managing and securing records and information at all level of operations.
Intending attendees for the RIMAW 2010 events are requested to register at RIMA Foundation’s website for free.
Oyedokun A.O is a respected information management practitioner, founder of the Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation (RIMA Foundation) www.rimaw.org, www.rimafoundation.org, publisher of Information Management World Magazine (IM World Magazine), and Executive Producer of Information Management Television (IM TV).
Friday, 15 January 2010
RIMAW 2010 – CALL FOR SPEAKERS
You are invited to submit a proposal to present a session(s) at 2010 Records and Information Management Awareness Workshop, Awards and Exposition, August 27, 2010 at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers in Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria.
http://www.rimaw.org/RIMAW-2010.php
http://www.rimaw.org/Exhibition.php
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Records-and-Information-Management-Awareness-Workshop-Exhibition/168327532894
Along with our supporting organisations, we are committed to creating an educationally driven event dedicated to information Management and security — the primary communication between enterprises and their customers. RIMAW 2010 organising committee has selected a group of topics that are at the forefront of today's challenges. We are interested in reviewing sessions that not only address these topics but also connect the complete information life cycle together.
Each session presented will be 45 minutes in duration. We recommend covering specific content for 35 minutes of the presentation and allowing 10 minutes for invaluable Q&A.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
RIMAW 2010 is dedicated to providing organisations and professionals with information on the latest trends, best-in-class case studies, comparisons of technologies, cost-saving implementations and the best insights to managing and securing information. These subject areas are meant to help you brainstorm ideas, but are not all inclusive of what we will accept. If you have additional content ideas, please feel free to submit them. All creative session ideas are welcome.
Theme: Social Network Marketing as a Tool for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development in Africa - (Open)
Business Seminar Presentation Topics
Effective business collaboration - An overview of SharePoint - (Open)
Information Management Career/Business opportunities in Africa (Open)
Data/Information Management Seminar Topics:
Guidelines and Standards for Records Management - MoReQ2 (European Records Management Standard) - (Closed) – Dr Hanns Kohler-Kruner, Former AIIM Director of Global Education Services EMEA
Managing Electronic Health Records - (Open)
Security Management Programs for Record/Information Security - (Open)
If you would like to discuss some possible topics before submission, please call us at +23418940451, +2348023819008 or email: rimaw2010@rimaw.org
Thank you.
Oyedokun A. Oyewole
http://www.rimaw.org/RIMAW-2010.php
http://www.rimaw.org/Exhibition.php
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Records-and-Information-Management-Awareness-Workshop-Exhibition/168327532894
Along with our supporting organisations, we are committed to creating an educationally driven event dedicated to information Management and security — the primary communication between enterprises and their customers. RIMAW 2010 organising committee has selected a group of topics that are at the forefront of today's challenges. We are interested in reviewing sessions that not only address these topics but also connect the complete information life cycle together.
Each session presented will be 45 minutes in duration. We recommend covering specific content for 35 minutes of the presentation and allowing 10 minutes for invaluable Q&A.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
RIMAW 2010 is dedicated to providing organisations and professionals with information on the latest trends, best-in-class case studies, comparisons of technologies, cost-saving implementations and the best insights to managing and securing information. These subject areas are meant to help you brainstorm ideas, but are not all inclusive of what we will accept. If you have additional content ideas, please feel free to submit them. All creative session ideas are welcome.
Theme: Social Network Marketing as a Tool for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development in Africa - (Open)
Business Seminar Presentation Topics
Effective business collaboration - An overview of SharePoint - (Open)
Information Management Career/Business opportunities in Africa (Open)
Data/Information Management Seminar Topics:
Guidelines and Standards for Records Management - MoReQ2 (European Records Management Standard) - (Closed) – Dr Hanns Kohler-Kruner, Former AIIM Director of Global Education Services EMEA
Managing Electronic Health Records - (Open)
Security Management Programs for Record/Information Security - (Open)
If you would like to discuss some possible topics before submission, please call us at +23418940451, +2348023819008 or email: rimaw2010@rimaw.org
Thank you.
Oyedokun A. Oyewole
Oyedokun A.O is a respected information management practitioner, founder of the Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation (RIMA Foundation) www.rimaw.org, www.rimafoundation.org, publisher of Information Management World Magazine (IM World Magazine), and Executive Producer of Information Management Television (IM TV).
Friday, 8 January 2010
Records and Information Management
What Is Records Management?
Records management is an established theory and methodology for ensuring the systematic management of all records and the information they contain throughout their lifecycle.
According to International Standard ISO 15489: 2001, records management is defined as: The field of management responsible for the efficient and systematic control of the creation, receipt, maintenance, use and disposition of records, including the processes for capturing and maintaining evidence of and information about business activities and transactions in the form of records.
What is a record?
Traditionally records were held on paper, microfilm or microfiche, but are now predominantly created and held in electronic format or within electronic systems. The core concept underpinning records management theory is that of the lifecycle, which sees records having a series of phases from creation to final disposition ultimately resulting either in their controlled destruction or being retained on a permanent basis as an archival record.
The principle reason for applying the lifecycle concept to records/information management is to ensure that the records being created and held by the institution are being managed and maintained in such a way that they:
• meet all internal business needs
• enable the defence of the rights and interests of the organisation and its stakeholders
• enable the content of the record to be accessed, used and reused in a controlled and efficient manner
• is compliant with all regulatory and statutory requirements
• is capable of providing evidence of a transaction or business process which is admissible in a court of law
• is kept and maintained/stored in the most economical way consistent with the above objectives
• is disposed of in a way which is auditable, and meets all environmental and other requirements
According to International Standard ISO 15489: 2001 records management includes the following activities:
• setting policies and standards
• assigning responsibilities and authorities
• establishing and promulgating procedures and guidelines
• providing a range of services relating to the management and use of records
• designing, implementing and administering specialized systems for managing records and
• integrating records management into business systems and processes
Why Is Records Management Necessary?
For example, in a large and complex organisation, with hundreds or even thousands of staff, undertaking varied range of functions and having complex administrative structures straddling multiple geographical locations, striving to operate as modern, agile, efficient organisations and be able to sustain growth and manage change, it is essential that they have effective control over the records they create and use. Historically the way in which internal records have been managed has developed in a piecemeal, organic fashion - often in response to local departmental requirements. It is now increasingly recognised that a more proactive, consistent and comprehensive approach is required for the organisation to be able to cope with current and future demands.
Organisations and their staff are under pressure to do more for less. Creating accurate, reliable records; providing controlled, ready access to them and only retaining those worthy of preservation are all part of the essential infra-structure necessary to meet these challenges. This is especially true as it becomes less and less possible to rely on the knowledge and experience of individual members of staff. Increased staff turnover and regular organisational restructuring mean that the records an organisation creates now represent its 'collective memory' to a far larger degree than ever before.
Organisations are also becoming increasingly aware of the potential value contained within the internal records they hold. This could be the lessons they contain from past experiences, allowing organisations to learn both from their successes and their failures. Alternatively as knowledge-rich, research-driven organisations it could be the competitive advantage or even commercial gain that can be acquired through the effective exploitation of their information assets.
As the evidence left behind from the activities we undertake, records are also an organisation's best ally in terms of protecting its rights and interests. Effective records management ensures that the organisation can call upon a body of reliable evidence if required to justify its actions, or defend its position. This may prove a critical strength as we move into an increasingly litigious society.
Finally, organisations are also under ever-mounting pressure to proactively demonstrate their accountability and good standards of corporate governance. This may take the form of internal audit, submissions to funding bodies or public scrutiny through legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act, Environmental Information Regulations and Data Protection Act. Compliance with all of these is only possible if the appropriate body of records exists to prove what actions were taken, why they were taken and on whose authority, and what their outcomes were. This is only possible with effective records/information management.
Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole is the President and Founder of Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation (RIMA Foundation), a Not-for-profit NGO that seek to promote proper management and security records and information for the benefit of the society and humanity. He can be contacted at: president@rimaw.org or www.rimaw.org
Records management is an established theory and methodology for ensuring the systematic management of all records and the information they contain throughout their lifecycle.
According to International Standard ISO 15489: 2001, records management is defined as: The field of management responsible for the efficient and systematic control of the creation, receipt, maintenance, use and disposition of records, including the processes for capturing and maintaining evidence of and information about business activities and transactions in the form of records.
What is a record?
Traditionally records were held on paper, microfilm or microfiche, but are now predominantly created and held in electronic format or within electronic systems. The core concept underpinning records management theory is that of the lifecycle, which sees records having a series of phases from creation to final disposition ultimately resulting either in their controlled destruction or being retained on a permanent basis as an archival record.
The principle reason for applying the lifecycle concept to records/information management is to ensure that the records being created and held by the institution are being managed and maintained in such a way that they:
• meet all internal business needs
• enable the defence of the rights and interests of the organisation and its stakeholders
• enable the content of the record to be accessed, used and reused in a controlled and efficient manner
• is compliant with all regulatory and statutory requirements
• is capable of providing evidence of a transaction or business process which is admissible in a court of law
• is kept and maintained/stored in the most economical way consistent with the above objectives
• is disposed of in a way which is auditable, and meets all environmental and other requirements
According to International Standard ISO 15489: 2001 records management includes the following activities:
• setting policies and standards
• assigning responsibilities and authorities
• establishing and promulgating procedures and guidelines
• providing a range of services relating to the management and use of records
• designing, implementing and administering specialized systems for managing records and
• integrating records management into business systems and processes
Why Is Records Management Necessary?
For example, in a large and complex organisation, with hundreds or even thousands of staff, undertaking varied range of functions and having complex administrative structures straddling multiple geographical locations, striving to operate as modern, agile, efficient organisations and be able to sustain growth and manage change, it is essential that they have effective control over the records they create and use. Historically the way in which internal records have been managed has developed in a piecemeal, organic fashion - often in response to local departmental requirements. It is now increasingly recognised that a more proactive, consistent and comprehensive approach is required for the organisation to be able to cope with current and future demands.
Organisations and their staff are under pressure to do more for less. Creating accurate, reliable records; providing controlled, ready access to them and only retaining those worthy of preservation are all part of the essential infra-structure necessary to meet these challenges. This is especially true as it becomes less and less possible to rely on the knowledge and experience of individual members of staff. Increased staff turnover and regular organisational restructuring mean that the records an organisation creates now represent its 'collective memory' to a far larger degree than ever before.
Organisations are also becoming increasingly aware of the potential value contained within the internal records they hold. This could be the lessons they contain from past experiences, allowing organisations to learn both from their successes and their failures. Alternatively as knowledge-rich, research-driven organisations it could be the competitive advantage or even commercial gain that can be acquired through the effective exploitation of their information assets.
As the evidence left behind from the activities we undertake, records are also an organisation's best ally in terms of protecting its rights and interests. Effective records management ensures that the organisation can call upon a body of reliable evidence if required to justify its actions, or defend its position. This may prove a critical strength as we move into an increasingly litigious society.
Finally, organisations are also under ever-mounting pressure to proactively demonstrate their accountability and good standards of corporate governance. This may take the form of internal audit, submissions to funding bodies or public scrutiny through legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act, Environmental Information Regulations and Data Protection Act. Compliance with all of these is only possible if the appropriate body of records exists to prove what actions were taken, why they were taken and on whose authority, and what their outcomes were. This is only possible with effective records/information management.
Oyedokun Ayodeji Oyewole is the President and Founder of Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation (RIMA Foundation), a Not-for-profit NGO that seek to promote proper management and security records and information for the benefit of the society and humanity. He can be contacted at: president@rimaw.org or www.rimaw.org
Oyedokun A.O is a respected information management practitioner, founder of the Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation (RIMA Foundation) www.rimaw.org, www.rimafoundation.org, publisher of Information Management World Magazine (IM World Magazine), and Executive Producer of Information Management Television (IM TV).
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