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Changing RecordkeepingCulture at the
University of Western Sydney
Michael Smith
ManagerRecords & Archives Mgt Services
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About UWS
• Approx. 4,000 staff
• 36,000 students
• 6 campuses on 9 main sites
• Major restructuring
• Broad range of activities/services
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RM Structure
• Devolved• Some central functions
– Storage– Destruction– Archives– Training/Support– Legal Documents – storage and scanning
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Paving the Way
• Review/assessment of current practice• Building Relationships• Internal case studies• Records Management Policy• Business Case• ‘Sell’ Records Management
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The Project
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The Problem
• Multi-site organisation• Email proliferation• Version control• Large number of staff• Lack of attention to recordkeeping in
business processes
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Project
• Simple scope• Drivers:
– document management– compliance
• Know your goals• Admit when you are beaten and find another
way
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The Process
• Memo to head of unit• Meeting with key staff• Recordkeeping analysis (DIRKS style)• Training• Go-live (as a unit)• Six month review of progress• Monitoring and on-going reporting
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User Support
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Liaison/ Support
• Assign RAMS staff to each business unit
• Single point of contact – TRIM Coordinator
• Build relationships
• Understand functions & activities
• Personalised service
• Recordkeeping analysis
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Service Centred Approach
• attitude of support staff is critical• we are:
Records & Archives Management Services
• we do not expect ‘them’ to be the experts• we provide a solution• we are not the records police• never refer users to a guideline as a first
response
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ITDHelpdesk
TRIMAdministrator
RAMSRecords Officer
Peo
ple
Ma
teri
als
Business Unit
TRIM Coordinator
‘Cheat’ card
Leaflets
Website
Training
Other
Basic Advanced Academic
Listservs Forums
Manual
Records Inf. Form
Remote Access
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Changing Culture
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[Rogers, E.M. (1995). Diffusion of innovations (4th ed.). New York: The Free Press]
Innovators2.5%
EarlyAdopters
13.5%
Early Majority34%
Late Majority34%
Laggards16%
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Who are the recordkeepers?
• TRIM Coordinators
• End users
• Managers?
• Academic staff
• Records management unit
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RE
CO
RD
LIF
E C
YC
LE
Pre- creation(planning)
A Record is Born(ie created or received in the
course of business)
Active(the record is used regularly
& is kept in the office)
Semi- Active(the record is only used occassionally& can be stored away from the office
- eg with RAMS)
I nactive(the record is no longer in
use and is awaiting disposal)
Archive(the record is sent to the University
Archives to be kept forever)
Destroy(in accordance with GDA once
min. retention period has expired)
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Anne Pederson, “Understanding Society Through Its Records – The Records Continuum”
[http://john.curtin.edu.au/society/australia/index.html]
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Attitudes and Perceptions
• It’s just filing.• Yes it’s important but I don’t have time right now.• When I leave it won’t be my problem.• How dare you tell me what to do with my
records.• I need access NOW and I’m too important to
attend training
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Integrations
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Integrations
• Student files and locations• Staff files and locations• Student email auto capture
(215,000 since March 2008)• Student forms scanning• Complaints system
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Non-Standard Applications
• Art Collection
• Capital Works plans
• Archives Collection
• Historic photograph collection
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MeasuringSuccess
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What are the KPIs?
• Number of documents registered?
• Impact on physical storage?
• Staff satisfaction?
• Recordkeeping compliance levels?
• Vital records identified, captured, managed?
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Documents Registered (Cumulative)
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
2000000
Aug-0
4
Nov-04
Feb-0
5
May
-05
Aug-0
5
Nov-05
Feb-0
6
May
-06
Aug-0
6
Nov-06
Feb-0
7
May
-07
Aug-0
7
Nov-07
Feb-0
8
May
-08
Aug-0
8
Nov-08
Feb-0
9
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Outcomes
• Raised awareness?
• Raised expectations?
• Improvements to business processes?
• Changing roles for records staff
• Our users know there is a problem with the system before we do
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Key factors for success
• High level project support• Well structured and supported IT
infrastructure (esp. standard desktop environment)
• Service approach• Managing change
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Paperless
Office?
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What of the future?• Jedi Archivist: “I hate to say it, but it looks like the system
you're searching for doesn't exist.”• Obi Wan: “That's impossible - perhaps the Archives are
incomplete.”• Jedi Archivist: “The Archives are comprehensive and
totally secure, my young Jedi ... One thing you may be absolutely sure of: If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist.”
[Robert A. Salvatore, Star wars. Episode II. Attack of the clones, based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales (Ballantine books, New York 2002) 155-160]
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Questions?