Integrating Information Lifecycles

Integrating Information Life Cycles Betsy Van der Veer Martens School of Library and Information Studies University of Oklahoma

The view from the 1970s . . .

. . . And the 1980s

Or, from this . . .

And this . . .

Or this . . .

To this . . .

And this . . .

. . . And this . . .

. . . this . . .

To this?

INFORMATION of interest to all these specialties:
Data management
Knowledge management
Project management
Competitive intelligence
Records management
Archival management
Compliance management
Risk management
Strategic management

Some Current Viewpoints on:
Data management
Information ecology
Knowledge management
Competitive intelligence
Project planning
Records management
Archival management
Risk management

The Data Management Approach

The Corporate Information Factory

Knowledge discovery in databases

The Competitive Intelligence Cycle

Project Life Cycle

Risk Management Life Cycle

Traditional records management life cycle

Today’s record management life cycle

Primary Value of Corporate Information =
Existence +
Retrievability +
Ease of identification as relevant +
Ability to present in appropriate form +
Known place in process +
Appropriate level of protection
Model from Domesticating Information , page 166

Traditional archival model

New Archival Continuum Model

New Challenges to Corporate Records
Sarbanes-Oxley
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2006) Rules 26 and 34 re electronic records Rule 37(f) re records retention/destruction:
“ Absent exceptional circumstances, a court may not impose sanctions under these rules on a party for failing to provide electronically stored information lost as a result of the routine, good-faith operation of an electronic information system.”

E-Discovery Life Cycle

More New Challenges to Corporate Records
Corporate espionage (internal and external)
Computer attacks
Format longevity

Corporate Records Management
Has moved from back office cost center to strategic management priority
What has this done to thinking about corporate-owned information and its long-term survival?

Inmon and Time Value of Information Bill Inmon asked, in his January 2007 article on “Time Value of Information”: “ How is the time value of information applicable at both the micro and macro levels?” He provided some sample distributions to illustrate his point, which I show in the following.

Value Time Inmon Curve 1

Information and Codification Time Intelligence (most value before it’s codified) Point of Codification Information (most value in how it’s codified) Information (most value in that it’s codified) Insights (most value after it’s codified) Relevance Zone Value

Value Time Newspapers Time Value of Information:

Value Time Academic Libraries Time Value of Information:

Value Time Archives Time Value of Information:

Value Time Museums Time Value of Information:

Value Time Corporations Competitive intelligence Corporate information Corporate knowledge Corporate intellectual capital Time Value of Information:

Value Time Corporations Competitive intelligence Corporate information Corporate knowledge Corporate intellectual capital Can we identify information that has a special “relevance aura” that could outlive the average? Time Value of Information:

Information Mortality Rate?
Time value of information
Value-added processes
Distinctions among information types
From “catch and release” to “controlled burn” of corporate information
From the “information society” to the “information throw-away society”?

Information Immortality?
With corporations becoming increasingly responsible for so much of society’s functioning, where will our history come from when so much of it is being deliberately destroyed, often with the best of intentions?
Information Immorality?

Integrating Information Lifecycles

by Betsy Martens on Oct 03, 2007

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