Information audit: procedures and its place in information chains

Authors

  • Peter Dalton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/lirg329

Keywords:

information auditing, information management technique, good practice

Abstract

A research project explored information auditing. For this information management technique there are no agreed standards and little explicit recognition of what constitute the basic steps. Through a critical examination of published literature common key stages were identified, extracted and plotted on a series of matrices for analysis. The findings highlight the necessary stages of an information audit, comment on good practice identified,and explore some features only applicable in certain circumstances.

Author Biography

Peter Dalton

Pete Dalton graduated from the University of Central England in Birmingham in 1997,with an MA with distinction in lnformation and Library Studies. He now works as a Researcher at the Centre for lnformation Research and Training, an independent research and training unit based in the School of lnformation Studies at the University of Central England in Birmingham. The dissertation on which this article is based was awarded a commendation by the 1997 LIRG postgraduate award panel.

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Vol. 23 No. 74 (1999)

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Research Articles

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