BARRY ASSOCIATES: Information management, electronic records management interdisciplinary consulting.
Professional papers, presentations, articles and videotapes by
or about Rick Barry
Videotape Productions
Electronic
Records in the New Millennium: Managing Documents for Business and Government; Part I: The Management Perspective (20 Minutes);
and Part II: The Professional Perspective;
co-written and directed by Richard E. Barry for University College London and
the British Academy, 1995, available through the Society of American
Archivists. See also, accompanying documents: Barry, R. E. and Anne Thurston, Teaching
Notes and Discussion Guidelines for use with Video Package, 1995; and R. E.
Barry, "Electronic Objects ca. 2001: Problems or Opportunities?...Yes",
in A Window to the Future: Papers from a Conference on Managing Electronic
Information, School of Archive and Information Studies, Elizabeth Shepherd,
Ed., University College London, 1995.
Professional Papers,
Articles & Presentations
"Ethics and Social Issues for Creators, Managers and Users of Records" July 24, 2003 keynote presentation to the University of Liverpool (LUCAS) Conference on Political Pressure and the Archival Record (This is a MS PowerPoint™ presentation. It may take longer to load.)
“Electronic Records: Stops down the garden path; looking over the wall,” a presentation to the National Academies, Computer Science & Telecommunications Board (CSTB), Committee on Digital Archives and NARA, February 27, 2003
"Report on the Society and Archives Survey," 29 January 2003. Results of a November 2002 international survey.
"Transacting e-Business and e-Government: is ARM being passed by?" keynote address to the Records Management Association of Australia (RMAA) 2002 National Convention, September 2002.
"Lessons from 911 for Community Planning, Safety, Information and Records Management," keynote presentation to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), Australia, Community Safety and Risk Management Conference, September 2002.
"Managing Distinctions: Enterprise Information, Document, Records, Knowledge and Content Management," Records and Information Management Review (RIMR), February 2002. This is an update of the January 1996 paper, "Making the Distinctions between Information Management and Records Management".
“Technology and the Transformation of the Workplace: Lessons Learned Traveling Down the Garden Path,” is the lead chapter of Bruce Dearstyne’s new book Effective Approaches for Managing Electronic Records and Archives, Scarecrow Press, January 2002.
“Thinking about accountability, recordkeeping and Shelley Davis’ Unbridled Power : a commentary,” March, 2001.
"E-communications & Netiquette: Establishing Guidelines Beyond Email", April-June, 2000.
"Barry Associates' Recommended Email and Internet Etiquette (Netiquette) Guide", revised April, 1999.
"Catching Up with the Last Technology Train at the Next Station" INFORMAA Quarterly, professional journal of the RMAA, February, 1999
Book Review of Document Management for the
Enterprise: Principles, Techniques and Applications by Michael J.D.
Sutton, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in the Journal of the American Society
for Information Science, Vol. 49, No. 1, January 1998. This book review was
written by Rick Barry and aimed at chief information officers and other
information science and technology professionals. A separate review of the same
book, but reviewed from the perspective of the archives and records management
profession was published in The American Archivist, the journal of the
Society of American Archivists, Summer 1996, p.375.
"Electronic Records Management…The way we were…The way we are: One man’s opinion?" in Records Management Journal a joint journal of the UK ASLIB, The Association for Information Management the Society of Archivists and the Records Management Society, December 1997, p. 157. This was the lead paper in the annual international edition of the Journal.
"Keeping Records for Changing Organizations: who's
minding the store?" Presentation made during the July 17, 1997
Conference of the National Association of Government Archivists and Records
Administrators (NAGARA).
"Comments on Electronic Records Management
R&D Projects", presented at Society of American Archivists
Annual Meeting August 29, 1996, San Diego, CA.
"Making the Distinctions between Information
Management and Records Management," January 1996. This paper was
updated in
"The Changing Workplace and the Nature of
the Record," presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the
Association of Canadian Archivists, June 1995, Regina, Canada.
"Improving
Information and Records Management: An Important Agenda for Sustainable
Development", report on research undertaken in Uganda, Zimbabwe
and Ghana, Jan-April, 1995.
"The Case
for a Senior Information Management and Technology Position/Function in
Government Archives and Records Management Offices for Electronic Records" presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of
American Archivists, September 1994, Indianapolis, Indiana.
"Integrating Information Management and
Records Management...Who cares?" presented at the National
Conference of the Records Management Association of Australia, September 10,
1996, Canberra, Australia. Find the full text of this paper in the Other
Papers section.
"Catching the Multimedia Intranet Train
Before it Leaves the Station", THE RECORD, U. S. National
Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., September 1996. Find the
full text of this paper in the WWW vs Records section or an updated version, published in the Records Management Association of Australia's
journal Informaa Quarterly in February 1999, which mayb be found in the Recent
Papers section .
"Open
Systems Standards: Considerations for Developing Countries", in Advanced Technology Assessment System:
Information Technology for Development: Information Technology for Development,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,1995, p. 274; available
through the U.N. Sales Office, New York and Geneva, or UNCTAD, Division for
Science and Technology; Palais des Nations; CH-1211 Geneva 10; Switzerland.
"Extending
EDMS to Encompass ARM Requirements at the World Bank", by Diane Hopkins, Karl Lawrence, Ana Flavia Fonseca,
Richard Barry and Samia Benidir in FID NEWS BULLETIN, Vol. 45, Issue 6,
June 1995, p. 185, The Hague, the Netherlands.
"Electronic Objects Circa 2001: Problems
or Opportunities?...Yes", in A Window to the Future: Papers
from a Conference on Managing Electronic Information, School of Archive and
Information Studies, Elizabeth Shepherd, Ed., University College London, 1995.
"Electronic Document
and Records Management Systems: Toward a Methodology for Requirements
Definition", Information Management & Technology, a
journal of Cimtech and UKAIIM, London, November 1994. This is an updated
version of the paper that was originally published in Document Management 93
below.
"Best Practices for Document Management in an
Emerging Electronic Environment", in the journal of the U. K.
Records Management Society, Records Management Bulletin, August, 1994,
p. 11.
"Managing Organizations with Electronic Records" in Information Management & Technology, a journal of CIMTECH and UKAIIM, London, Volume 26, Number 3, May 1993, p. 115.
"Best
Practices' for Document Management: Legal Aspects of Paper and Electronic
Records", in Document
Management 93: Proceedings of the Conference held in London in June, 1993,
T. Hendley, Ed., Meckler Ltd, London and Westport CT, p. 19, 1993.
"Getting it
Right: Managing Organizations in a Runaway Electronic Age," in Information Handling in Offices and Archives, Angelika
Menne-Haritz, ed., K.G. Saur, Munich, 1993;
"Addressing
Electronic Records Management in the World Bank," in Electronic Records Management Program
Strategies, Margaret Hedstrom, Ed., Archives and Museum Informatics
Technical Report No. 18, 1993, p. 19.
"Managing the Chaos Electronic Records Can Create", in Technology Strategies: A Senior Executive's Monthly Briefing on Creating Competitive Advantage Through Technology, October, 1992, Bradford, England, pp. 19.
"Management
of Electronic Records: Curriculum Materials", an ACCIS follow-up product developed by the UN
Electronic Records Management Working Group, G. Long, Chairperson, containing
an executive briefing and workshop curriculum and materials prepared by R. E.
Barry, ACCIS Secretariat, Geneva. Published by the UN Sales Office, publication
GV.E.89.9.15, N.Y., 1992. Available through the UN Sales Office in New York or
the successor organization to ACCIS -- the UN Information Systems Coordinating
Committee, Palais des Nations; CH-1211 Geneva 10; Switzerland; Tel: +4122 798
8591; Fax: +4122 740 1269.
"Management
of Electronic Records: Issues and Guidelines", a research study developed by the United Nations
Technical Panel on Electronic Records Management, R. E. Barry, Chairperson;
produced with major contributions by David Bearman, Tora Bikson and Charles
Dollar and published under the auspices of the UN Advisory Committee for the
Coordination of Information Systems (ACCIS), Geneva. Published by the UN Sales
Office, publication GV.E.89.9.15, N.Y., 1990. Available through the UN Sales
Office in New York or the successor organization to ACCIS -- the UN Information
Systems Coordinating Committee, Palais des Nations; CH-1211 Geneva 10;
Switzerland; Tel: +4122 798 8591; Fax: +4122 740 1269.
Publications by other authors that include
case studies of work performed or led by Rick Barry or other interview topics.
Many others are
accessible in the News and Media
section:
Friar, Bronwyn, "Real Problems, Real Solutions" in PC
WORLD, September, 1993, pp. 35-39, article about Rick Barry’s work
on human factors, environmental and facilities related information management
projects.
Lacey, Julia, How to Survive Your Computer Workstation, CRT
Services, Inc. Publications, P.O. Box 1525, Kerryville TX, 78029, 1990, about Rick
Barry's work as Chief Officer, Human Factors, Technology and Facilities
Integration at the World Bank.
Marschall, Daniel and Judith Gregory, Office Automation:
Jekyll or Hyde?; see chapter on "Staff Participation in
Office Systems: Two Case Studies at the World Bank", Working Women
Education Fund, Cleveland OH, 1983.
Perry, Tekla S., Sr. Editor, "Today's View of Magnetic
Fields," IEEE Spectrum, journal of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers, December 1994, p. 14.
Rothman, David H., The Silicon Jungle; see chapter on "The
Hal Syndrome", Ballantine Books, New York, 1985.
Smith, Clive D., "Implementation of Imaging Technology for
Recordkeeping at the World Bank," Bulletin of the American Society for
Information Science, June/July 1997, p.25; includes a report on a study done by
Rick Barry in which the Bank's IRIS system was evaluated using the U. of
Pittsburgh functional requirements as benchmarks.
VDT News: The Computer Health & Safety Report,
"Designing a Low EMF Office," May/June 1993 issue; article about Rick
Barry's roles in spearheading a project to reduce the levels of
electromagnetic fields emanated by building and office systems in the design of
the World Bank's new headquarters building in Washington, D.C.
Wall, Thomas, "Technology Goes for the Green" in the
"Managing" column of Beyond Computing (IBM), June 1995, pp.
34-37, including coverage of Rick Barry's work in the office technology
field.
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