Sagesse Volume VI Winter 2021

Welcome to ARMA Canada’s sixth issue of Sagesse: Journal of Canadian Records and Information Management, an ARMA Canada publication.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - This paper highlights barriers within Canada’s Copyright Act to respecting Indigenous notions of ownership and control over intellectual property in relation to records destined for or held in archives.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - Ce document met en lumière les obstacles de la Loi canadienne sur le droit d’auteur au respect des notions autochtones de propriété et de contrôle de la propriété intellectuelle en ce qui concerne les documents destinés ou conservés dans les archives.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - This paper explores the situation of privacy in Canadian archives, focusing on personal records within non-government institutions. It provides a review of Canadian privacy legislations and past discussions in the information management community that have addressed the relationship between archives and privacy.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - Digital transformation (DT) is a key drive and a critical factor for organizational success in the current digital business environment. The reality of the world-wide pandemic significantly affected normal business and social activities, and has vaulted DT to the forefront of management’s priorities.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - An ARMA Canada Publication - This paper will examine why one’s personal medical information is a critical record, why record keeping techniques are necessary to access and preserve this information, and how this information assists with successful medical treatment. Observations are based on the author’s personal journey through the Canadian health care environment.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - Modern electronic recordkeeping software provides new capabilities and techniques for managing digital records that were not previously possible with physical records. Many of these new capabilities are possible due to the presence of metadata fields assigned to digital records. To fully utilize these new capabilities, the retention schedule must leverage known available document metadata, and call for new document metadata in support of retention.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - Les logiciels modernes de tenue de documents électroniques offrent de nouvelles capacités et techniques de gestion qui n’étaient pas possibles avec les documents physiques. Ces capacités comprennent notamment les multiples règles de conservation par catégorie, l’attribution de la conservation en fonction de la valeur du document, les multiples déclencheurs et types de conservation, l’annulation de la conservation, la déclaration automatique des documents, etc.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - The use of a digital student record is transforming recordkeeping practices for the creation, management, and disposition of student records in Alberta. This article identifies what organizations need to consider for digital transformation projects.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - Higher education institutions are a birthplace for innovation and creativity through teaching, learning and research. Building and implementing pragmatic administrative processes can augment innovation and capabilities by enabling effective and efficient resource allocation and decision-making.

Sagesse (Winter 2021) - This article looks at the impact of COVID-19 on various consulting projects in which the author was involved and looks at the challenges posed by the shutdown and clients working from home.