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Article: Records management in Iceland.
- Article from:
- Information Management Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
- Author:
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There is a growing demand in Iceland for easier access to information. Important developments and changes in records management have occurred in recent years. These developments have opened the eyes of managers within both public and private organizations to the need for quick and secure access to records in any form, old and new. The most important of these changes are the Icelandic government's policy (April 1995) recognizing the information society, the Freedom of Information Law that came into effect January 1997, and the foundation in 1988 of the Icelandic Records Management Association (IRMA).
Iceland, like other countries, has now entered the century of the ...