Managing Digital Records in Africa

This book provides a legal analysis and systematic assessment of how African institutions manage digital records in four countries, examining Internet-based applications, trust, and authentication to support auditing. It also offers a curriculum analysis in digital records at institutions of higher learning in thirty-eight African countries.

Format: Hardback
Length: 142 pages
Publication date: 24 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive research-oriented book delves into a thorough legal analysis and systematic evaluation of the management of digital records across four African countries: Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It also explores the extent to which records are managed through Internet-based applications, the level of trust placed in these records, and the utilization of digital record authentication to facilitate auditing processes. Furthermore, the book conducts a curriculum analysis of digital records in thirty-eight African countries. Through its case studies, the book showcases the various discussions that revolve around the ITrust domains of legislation, infrastructure, authentication, trust, and education in archives and records management.

The book serves as an invaluable resource for private and public organizations, researchers, educators, archivists, records managers, and postgraduate students seeking to make informed choices regarding digital records, records management systems, cloud-based services, record authentication, and identifying universities offering archival programs on the continent. It can also be of interest to practitioners in other fields such as law and auditing.

Weight: 440g
Dimension: 216 x 138 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032066370