New Global Standards for Corporate Governance

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ISO has published two new global records management standards:

ISO 30300:2011 - Information and documentation - Management systems for records - Fundamentals and vocabulary and ISO 30301:2011 - Information and documentation - Management systems for records - Requirements   

More information about these and the new ISO/IEC 27035:2011 - Information Technology - Security techniques - information security incident management can be found here.

Future of Social Media at the National Archives

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NARA uses social media itself and provides guidance to federal agencies on the records management challenges they face when they use social media. In November the National Archives representatives described a dashboard for "citizen archivists."  One message is that the Federal Government no longer wonders if it should use social media. The question now is "how?"  And David Ferriero, the Archivist of the US, stated that "Access to records in this century means digital access."  Read more and watch a video at http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/national-archives-social-media.html

Microsoft Acquires Skype

Tweet In October Microsoft closed its acquisition of Skype Global for $8.5 billion dollars.  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said they are looking forward to working with the Skype team "to create new ways for people to stay connected ..."  Skype is such a simple, easy tool for the end user, my hope is that Skype won't change too much.  Read more

Smithsonian celebrates October Archives Month by sharing archival and historical records

Tweet October is Archives Month. To celebrate, the Smithsonian will host a FREE Archives Fair on Friday, October 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the S. Dillon Ripley Center (National Mall) on the concourse level. The fair, organized by the Archives and Special Collections Council of the Smithsonian, will showcase archival treasures, present speakers spotlighting stories to be told through the archival holdings, and provide time slots for attendees to consult with experts including archivists, conservators, and librarians about their own archives-worthy holdings.  If you can't attend in person, you might be interested in participating virtually. Learn more about the activities planned by the Smithsonian by visiting http://www.aaa.si.edu/archivesmonth

Documents play key role in ATF Fast and Furious hearings

Tweet Records managers will appreciate the key role Justice Department documents are playing in hearings on the Fast and Furious operations that resulted in allowing thousands of weapons to cross the border into Mexico.  Read the news article at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20115038-10391695.html?tag=pop;stories

Follow the links under the "Read the new documents" subhead to view documents in question and see how much of each is redacted (sensitive information has been expunged).

New Facebook Profile called TIMELINE available

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Timeline is being marketed as “a home for all the great stories you’ve already shared.”   It will include now include posts, photos, and life events you’ve shared as they’ve occurred. You choose what to feature on your timeline.  An interesting feature is that you can go back to the day events occurred and add them to the timeline if they are not already there.  You can even go to your private activity log, click on any post, and add it to your timeline.  There’s more. Read about the “timeline” on the Facebook Blog at http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150289612087131

Firms often consider the profile section of Facebook as a static piece of information that can be pre-approved.  They also may provide permission to create a profile to one individual for responsibility that it is created according to the pre-approved plan.  But now another concern is that someone with permission now or far into the future may decide to add something to the profile that has not been pre-approved.  Just another new feature designed to please the user that has potential risk for the organization. Has anyone read more about Timeline?  Any thoughts - pro or con?

Second Life one of several communication channels for U of Delaware

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Last week the University of Delaware hosted 2 events on their Virtual Campus in Second Life last that reinforced, for me at least, the value of providing multiple delivery methods for place-based presentations.  Both were live video-streams into Second Life.

The first was CNN's Candy Crowley speaking on Broken ... and Broken?  Assessing the US Political Scene. At one point, 32 participants were in attendance.  The presentation was also distributed as streaming media on the U of Delaware website.  A Q&A period followed the presentation, and questions were taken from Second Life and in-person participants. 

The second was a ceremony during which Vice President Biden, a U of Delaware graduate, donated his Senatorial papers to special collections on Delaware campus. About 19 participants were in the Second Life Audience, but Tweets from the physical location indicated long lines waiting to get in to see the VP in person. The Vice President spoke on the Constitution and Citizenship. He did not entertain questions. Streaming video was available only on campus.