MER 2010: Sessions Details

As electronic data volumes increase, the corporate enterprise is faced with challenges it may not have imagined even five years ago –

• Operationally, they include: increasing compliance mandates and burdensome e-discovery requirements and
• Technically, they include: the myriad of new technologies for data sharing, access and storage.

All of these factors drive the need to search, locate, and organize information accurately in efficient and cost-effective ways.

The benefits of an effective search methodology also can extend deep into the domain of Records Management and therein dramatically improve the ability to manage Electronic Records with unprecedented levels of precision and compliance.

This session will address the topic of search in its many aspects – practical, functional, and ethical – as it becomes an increasingly crucial element in Records Management:

• What kinds of search methods exist and suited to which purposes?
• What separates a search engine from a search query?
• Can a search be deemed successful without measurement?
• How can success even be measured?
• Can effective search tools revolutionize the world of Records Management?

Using the judicial opinions as a guide for the appropriate ethical considerations of search in general, we will discuss the roles and responsibilities of those who employ search to achieve their Records Management goals, as well as the standards against which search should be measured.