Information Audit has begun to engage business leaders, business analysts and other stakeholders. These include policy makers external to the business, who see Information Audit as a tool that can be used to address operational and strategic challenges regarding information management within an organisation. These challenges include areas such as: (1) · Identifying information handling processes; (2) · Establishing information policies; (3) · Reviewing personal information management practices; (4) · Developing continuous improvement of information management practices in conjunction with other existing audit functions. NetIKX is running a seminar on 4th November 2014 on the topic of the "Wider Horizons For Information Audit. Discussion and presentations will examine the evolution of the information audit process, the various ways that it is now being used within organisations and how this evolution aligns with the changes that have occurred within the information profession and the broader information management environment. It includes case studies that provide examples of how the Information Audit process is being used today.

1. Wider Horizons for Information Audit
A seminar of the Network for Information & Knowledge Exchange n Tuesday 4 November 2014
Overview
Over recent years information audit (IA) has become an activity providing
enterprise-wide information management solutions to business challenges.
IA has begun to engage business leaders, business analysts and other stake-holders.
These include policy makers external to the business, who see IA as a
tool that can be used to address operational and strategic challenges regarding
information management within an organisation.
The challenges include areas such as identifying information handling ­processes;
establishing information policies; reviewing how people perform personal
­information
management; and implementing continuous improvement of
information management practices in conjunction with other audit functions.
These presentations discuss the evolution of the information audit process,
the various ways that it is now being used within organisations and how this
evolution aligns with the changes that have occurred within the information
profession and the broader information management environment. They include
case studies of how the IA process is being used today.
Intended learning outcomes
1. Recognising the current evolution of the information audit;
2. Accepting information audit as an enterprise information
management tool;
3. Understanding the alignment between the evolution of the information
audit process and that of the information management profession.
Graham Robertson has a
background in engineering and finance,
and is the Principal Associate of
Bracken Associates, which he formed
in 1988. He specialises in the strategic
implementation of information and
knowledge management initiatives.
Currently, Graham’s main interest
is the development of information
audit, not only in its relationship with
information governance and finan-cial
audit, but also as a clearly defined
learning opportunity outside its tradi-tional
arena of library and information
sciences.
In 1992, Graham became one of the
founder members of the Aslib IRM
(Information Resources Management)
Network, an Aslib special interest
group, now operating independently
as NetIKX.
WHEN?
Tuesday 4 November 2014
14:00 to 17:00
WHERE?
The British Dental Assocn,
64 Wimpole Street
London W1G 8YS
(Nearest tube: Bond St)
COSTS
Free to NetIKX members
(join on signup)
£5o attendance fee for
non-members
HASHTAG
#netikx70
REGISTRATION
at NetIKX Web Site:
shortened URL:
http://is.gd/netikx70
or
http://bt.ly/1wbeqM4
Sue Henczel has held management and operational
positions in government, corporate, public and academic
libraries, as well as for an academic library consortium provid-ing
services to libraries in all sectors. During this time she has
held key roles within various professional associations, includ-ing
the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Statistics
and Evaluation Committee of the International Federation of
Library Associations (IFLA).
She is a member of the Editorial Board of Library Manage-ment
(Emerald) and its Book Review Editor. Sue is an SLA
Fellow and recipient of the 2008 Presidential Citation for
services to the Association. She is a member of the United
Nations (Asia) Consultant Roster and Director on the Board
of Public Libraries Australia.
Sue has written and presented extensively on information
audit, library metrics, knowledge management, benchmarking
and performance measurement. She is currently a PhD candi-date
at RMIT University, Melbourne, where she is researching
the impact of national library associations, and is a sessional
lecturer in the RMIT University Master of Information Man-agement
program.