- Title
- The role of information technology in the management of records in the Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Mdingi, Nomaciko
- Subject
- Records -- Management Information technology
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M.LIS
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/17630
- Identifier
- vital:41130
- Description
- Information Technology (IT) has offered new and different ways in the management of records and distribution of information. Due to IT, records and information are accessed easily, appropriately preserved, quickly retrieved and managed for operational decision-making. Consequently, the main aim of this study was to investigate the role of IT in the management of records with specific reference to the Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts, and Culture, King Williams Town, Eastern Cape. It further examined the types of records created by the department and the current status of its records, compliance to the legal framework for both paper-based and electronic records management, skills and knowledge of staff, archivists and records managers in relation to information technology and the management of electronic records and the constraints the Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts, and Culture encounter in the management of electronic records and recommend possible solutions. One major finding unearthed by this study is that the department is still manually storing records even though the information technology revolution has evolved. The study also found out that the department is faced with a number of challenges when it comes to the responsibility for the implementation of IT in the department. The study put forward a number of recommendations that had to be considered in an attempt to help the department and its employees manage electronic records and tone is mentioned here as this is a prerequisite. It will be beneficial if all the officials that deal with records take the course on records and archives management in institutions like University of Fort Hare so that they know more about the management of records as a whole package.
- Format
- 192 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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