1. government organizations, the
crisis of information and the
added value of archivists
Frans Smit
Municipality of Almere
The Netherlands

3. Business
Strategy
Structure
Operations
Information
Communication
Technology

4. Improvement Program in Almere
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Awareness and Leadership
The Creator at the centre
Experts on Organization and Information help
Attaining clear goals
Starting off with the most critical business
processes

5. The Crisis of Information
• Records can consist of everything
and can be everywhere
• No general definition, concept and
perspective of information
• Information: the Fourth Revolution
(Luciano Floridi)

6. “Us and Them” might become …
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Records Quality Managers
Records Architects
Records Controllers
Records Auditors
Records Security Officers
Records Privacy Officers
Etcetera ….

7. • Paper “Becoming a Barbarian” on
conference website
• Thank you for your attention!