Electronic records.

E-Mail Rules: A Business Guide to Managing Policies, Security, and Legal Issues for E-Mail and Digital Communication

Nancy Flynn and Randolph Kahn, Esq.

All companies rely on e-mail as a critical business tool, but few have considered the policies and systems necessary to safeguard their interests. Important information including transaction details, trade secrets, and confidential documents contained within messages are business assets with serious legal and financial implications. If an organization is to be safe, it needs a practical system for handling everything that comes into--and leaves--its computers.

A toolkit for protecting any company's electronic capital, E-Mail Rules shows how to

* use technology, policy, and employee training to minimize the loss of data

* create enterprise-wide retention rules for the saving and disposal of messages

* gain control of transmission and ensure a secure electronic environment develop strategies for related technologies like instant messaging, list serves, and online chat

E-Mail Rules shows readers how to maximize the effectiveness of their organizations' e-mail systems and put an end to lost or compromised information.

ISBN: 0-8144-7188-9 (AMACOM)

Soft cover, English, 256 pages, 2003

Catalog No. B4828

$20 ARMA member or non-member

Effective Approaches for Managing Electronic Records and Archives

Bruce W. Dearstyne, editor

Records and information management (RIM) professionals grapple with the constantly growing repository of electronic records that their organizations create at a staggering rate every day. The unwieldy job of managing them sometimes may seem insurmountable, However, Effective Approaches for Managing Electronic Records and Archives is a compilation of essays providing insights, perspectives, and strategies for managing electronic records. The authors--all experts in the field--draw on first hand experience to present practical solutions, including recommendations for building and sustaining strong electronic records programs.

Some of the essay topics include

* the definition of electronic records within several contexts

* an example of a model guideline for electronic records, along with a means of testing it

* strategic approaches to electronic records through outlining obstacles and opportunities

* legal impacts and perspectives of electronic records, which include intellectual property and privacy issues

Editor Bruce Dearstyne, a professor at the College of Information Studies at the...