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Keep one eye on the user…

Tony LevistonSenior Records and Information Management Consultant RIMS Programme, CCSU

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Image of rooster and hens crossing channel

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Policy Management System

Groupwise Objective Portal/ Internet

G drive

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Oh there was a little drummer

And he loved a one-eyed cook

And he loved her, oh he loved her

Though she had a cock-eyed look

Chorus:With her one eye in the pot

And the other up the chimney

With a bow-wow-wow

Fal-lal the dow-a-diddy

Bow-wow-wow.

(Traditional song)

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“Over 7 weekends, 20 agencies have now been moved to Objective. The migration involved transferring 44 databases from RecFind to Objective, creating records for 40,000 boxes, 400,000 file parts and 1,000,000 documents in the new system”

RIMS Bulletin Nov 2005

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“ Many competent RecFind users

feel like beginners again when

they work with Objective ”

RIMS Bulletin Feb 2006

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Action

1. Align records and information management systems to business goals

2. Align recordkeeping systems to user needs

3. Read widely and learn from others