Information Handyman

Publishing information: webpages for beginners

Adam Pope — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:35:29 +0000

In today’s ‘information age’ we’re often confronted with a variety of content types - Open Office, MS Word, PDFs, scanned images even. Increasingly however the webpage is becoming the content type of choice. And for good reasons over and above other formats. Web pages: Are universally accessible - all you need is a decent browser Provide a [...]

The future of EDRMS: change is ours for the taking

Adam Pope — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:55:41 +0000

In my previous post I dealt with a fundamental difference between records management and the Web 2.0 environment - namely hierarchical classification vs tagging. I posited that EDRMS providers will have to take this, as well as other Web 2.0 functionality, into consideration when building their systems for the future. Steve Bailey has prompted [...]

To classify or not: records management vs user management

Adam Pope — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:59:19 +0000

Ever since Euan Semple inveighed with his keynote speech at the RMS Conference in April on the potential of user-controlled electronic content management systems - Digg, Flickr, Del.icio.us, Google Docs, Blogging, Discussion Forums, Web 2.0, and all that internet schnazz I’d be lost without - there’s been a right hoo-har about the relevance of electronic [...]

Wordpressing with style part 1: themes

Adam Pope — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:22:01 +0000

Sure, content is king, but without some hip design features, you're headed for the dustbin of Web 1.0. Read on, reader, to find links to the best selection of themes or an easy to use generator to customise your own theme, a list of plugins to make managing the blog a sync, and screenshots of the important admin areas.

Information, knowledge and records management search engine

Adam Pope — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:26:47 +0000

The Information Handyman has developed, in conjunction with google, a customised search engine that only generates results from UK: - organisations that have a bent towards records managers and FOI; - national broadsheets; - government bodies that have been referenced as being exemplary in the records management/FOI field; - relevant blogs, magazines and journals; and - various discussion lists You can [...]

Getting a job in the records management industry

Adam Pope — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:11:53 +0000

Part of any records manager’s career is getting a job in the industry. Some folks gain experience in a position because no-one else wants it then feel a need to move into a more RM specific position, others find themselves graduating with a records management qualification and seeking employment, still others find records management to [...]

Freedom of information resources for the professional

Adam Pope — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:06:19 +0000

Whether you’ve just started out or have been working in information law for years, this article lists UK FOI resources comprehensively, with links to stater packs, government websites, professional organisations and resources to keep you up to date. For starters Freedom of Information Act 2000: implementation & practice - a JISC briefing paper Answering FOI requests - short [...]

Records management - resources for the professional

Adam Pope — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:54:21 +0000

This in no way attempts to provide a comprehensive list of all records management resources available in the UK, what it does provide is some essential resources I’ve found myself regularly consulting in my professional duties. For Starters: JISC InfoKit aimed at people in Further and Higher Education (FE and HE) who are new to the discipline, [...]

How to subscribe to an RSS feed

Adam Pope — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:08:27 +0000

What’s all this RSS business, and why do people keep wanting me to ’subscribe’? I’ve prattled on in these pages a little about a personalised homepage, so head there if you want to know more about setting one up. In there I recommend using Netvibes as your homepage provider. If you’re using this service, to [...]

Open source software: building profitable solutions for people

Adam Pope — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:00:01 +0000

In the computer software market there is a movement that is gaining tremendous momentum throughout the world. It promises a way out of the trap that has been snaring businesses and consumers. A trap that forces them to pay for a dizzying collection of services that they are unable to modify, and probably don’t want. [...]