Special issue editorial

IF 0.8 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Records Management Journal Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI:10.1108/rmj-04-2021-0017

Sarah R. Demb, MLIS, Eira Tansey, MLIS

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Abstract

Reflection from Sarah Demb, Coeditor The theme of this issue, Records management in the Anthropocene: pathways and challenges presented by climate change was set in motion over five years ago by a Harvard study group entitled Catastrophic Risk: Technologies and Policy that I attended, which was run by Cryptographer and Data Security Expert Bruce Schneier in autumn of 2015. Climate scientists develop models projecting how various emissions scenarios over decades may affect everything from global average temperature to sea-level rise to glacier melt. Whether it is carbon capture for greenhouse gas emissions or blockchain for recordkeeping, advances in technology are often presented as the primary and even singular solution by which complicated problems will be resolved. Commentary on the papers in this special issue In this stage of the Anthropocene, records management presents us with a neat paradox – the processes that create, maintain, deliver and preserve records, which currently rely primarily on fossil fuels and their greenhouse gas outputs, are themselves agents of the climate change threatening our records and archives.

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特刊社论

这期杂志的主题“人类世的记录管理:气候变化带来的途径和挑战”是五年前由哈佛大学一个名为“灾难性风险:技术和政策”的研究小组发起的，我参加了这个小组，该小组由密码学家和数据安全专家布鲁斯·施奈尔在2015年秋天主持。气候科学家开发了模型，预测未来几十年各种排放情景如何影响从全球平均温度到海平面上升再到冰川融化的一切。无论是用于温室气体排放的碳捕获还是用于记录保存的区块链，技术进步往往被认为是解决复杂问题的主要甚至唯一的解决方案。在人类世的这个阶段，记录管理向我们展示了一个简洁的悖论——目前主要依赖化石燃料及其温室气体排放的记录的创造、维护、传递和保存过程，本身就是威胁我们的记录和档案的气候变化的因素。

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来源期刊

Records Management Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

7.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： ■Electronic records management ■Effect of government policies on record management ■Strategic developments in both the public and private sectors ■Systems design and implementation ■Models for records management ■Best practice, standards and guidelines ■Risk management and business continuity ■Performance measurement ■Continuing professional development ■Consortia and co-operation ■Marketing ■Preservation ■Legal and ethical issues