Integrity in Government Through Records Management: Essays in Honour of Anne Thurston

279 Pages·2014·1.26 MB·English

by  James Lowry

IntegrIty In government through
records management
anne thurston
Integrity in government through
records management
essays in honour of anne thurston
edited by
James Lowry
International Records Management Trust, UK
and
Justus wamukoya
Moi University, Kenya
© James Lowry and Justus wamukoya 2014
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Integrity in government through records management: essays in honour of
anne thurston / edited by James Lowry and Justus wamukoya.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Public records – africa, sub-saharan – management. 2. Public records –
developing countries – management. 3. government information – africa, sub-
saharan – management. 4. government information – developing countries –
management. 5. transparency in government – africa, sub-saharan. 6. transparency
in government – developing countries. 7. Public administration – africa, sub-
saharan. 8. Public administration – developing countries. I. Lowry, James, 1978–
II. wamukoya, Justus, author, editor of compilation. III. thurston, anne, honoree.
JQ1875.a55r456 2014
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Contents
List of Tables ix
List of Contributors xi
Foreword xxiii
Sarah Tyacke
Introduction: Integrity in Government through Records Management 1
James Lowry and Justus Wamukoya
Part I thurston and the InternatIonal records
ManageMent trust
1 Anne Thurston and Record-keeping Reform in Commonwealth
Africa 13
Nathan Mnjama
2 Developing Training Resources for Records and Archives
Management: Balancing Global Needs with Regional Realities 25
Laura Millar
3 Vital Records: The Importance of National Archives and Records
Administrations to Governance and Civil Society in Sierra Leone 43
Sarah Demb
4 The Sierra Leone Teachers’ Records Management Improvement
Programme 49
Andrew Griffin and Muniru Kawa
Part II colonIal and Post-colonIal record-keePIng
5 Record-keeping for Good Governance and Accountability in the
Colonial Office: An Historical Sketch 73
Mandy Banton
6 The Influence of the One Party Regime on Archives in Malawi:
1964 to 1994 85
Paul Lihoma
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7 The Impact of Organisational Culture on Public Sector Records
Management Reform 99
Peter Mazikana
8 Preserving and Accessing the South African Truth and
Reconciliation Commission Records: Challenges for the
National Archives 111
Lekoko Kenosi
Part III records, governance and transParency
9 Audit and Accountability in the Government of Ghana:
A Records Management Perspective 127
Pino Akotia
10 The Protection of Land Rights: The Case of Land Records
Management in Uganda 139
David Luyombya
11 The Importance of Records in the Right to Information 149
Kelvin Smith
12 Opening Government: Open Data and Access to Information 161
James Lowry
Part Iv dIgItal records ManageMent and
PreservatIon
13 Records Management and Governance in Africa
in the Digital Age 173
Justus Wamukoya
14 The Prerequisites for Electronic Records Management in the
Developing World: Lessons from Yemen and Kenya 183
Olav Hagen Sataslåtten
15 Trusted Digital Repositories and Developing Nations 189
Anthea Seles
16 Trust in Records and Data Online 203
Luciana Duranti and Corinne Rogers
Contents vii
Part v reflectIons
17 Education in Records and Archives Management: A View from
London 217
Geoffrey Yeo, Elizabeth Shepherd and Andrew Flinn
18 ACARM’s Position in the Ever-changing World of Archives 225
Charles Farrugia
19 Enhancing Record-keeping Capacity in Developing Countries:
Building the Bridges 237
John McDonald
Tabula Gratulatoria 243
Index 249
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List of Tables
2.1 Structure of the MPSR programme training materials 32
2.2 Structure of the TERM project training materials 40
4.1 Teachers without PINs 63
10.1 Description of the population of study and their duties 141
10.2 Clients who inquired for information from the Land Office 141
18.1 Categories of membership in ICA 227