ALGIM WEBINAR: IM - Role of International Review Group New Zealand in ISO/TC46/SC11

The International Standards Orgnsation (ISO) has national bodies that manage and regulate the development and application of ISO standards. Standards New Zealand is such controlling body in New Zealand, and they work with various Specialist Groups (SC), and Technical Committees (TC) for specific disciplines. The ISO section that oversees the development and application of records management standards is TC46/SC11. The New Zealand International Review Group (IRG) is the committee commissioned by Standards New Zealand to develop, review, vote, and approve internally aligned records management standards used in New Zealand. This webinar discusses the role IRG plays in ISO/TC46/SC11 and within New Zealand.

About the Presenter:  

Dr Eric  Boamah

Senior Lecturer, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand 

Eric is a Senior Lecturer in Information and Library Studies at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, and a regular Teaching Fellow at the School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington. He also plays various roles in the archives and records management community in New Zealand and internationally. He is the President of the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ) and a Council Member of the New Zealand Branch of the Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIMPA). Eric is an active member of the International Council on Archives (ICA), a Steering Committee Member of the ICA Section on Archival Education and a Professional Member of LIANZA. Eric has been the Open Polytechnic representative on the International Review Group since 2013.

Eric originally comes from Ghana, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Information Studies and Linguistics from the University of Ghana. Eric also holds a Master of Arts in Digital Library Learning under the European Commission Erasmus Mundus scholarship Programme with a Consortium of three European Universities, including Oslo University College, Norway, Tallinn University, Estonia, and Parma University in Italy. Eric came to New Zealand in 2010 to undertake his PhD in Information Management, focusing on Digital Preservation and Cultural Heritage, from Victoria University of Wellington, under the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Research Scholarship. 

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