1. Introduction to the World of International Standards
Professor is a person who talks in someone else’s sleep
Memoirs of an Insomniac

2. Outline Some definitions Background to the standard Problems
How it developed
Timetable
Why are standards important
Future developments

3. Definitions TC 46 IDT 2/17 Committee Draft
Draft International Standard
Technical Report
NMB
ISO
BSI

4. ISO International Organisation for Standardization Established 1947
Why isn't it called IOS
Iso - Greek isos meaning equal isosceles triangle isometric of equal measure

5. ISO
Mission
to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing co-operation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity

6. Membership
Member Bodies
Corresponding members
Subscriber member

7. Work Technical Committees Sub-Committees Working Groups Totalling 2850
Participation by 30,000 experts p.a.

8. Standards ISO 9000 ISO 14000 ISO 216 ISO 15489
216 - international paper sizes

9. BSI Established 1901 1929 Royal Charter 1974 Safety Mark established
Publishes 1700 standards p.a.
19000 live standards and products
IDT 2/17
Established through the work of Sir John Wolfe Barry and origins lay in the Institute of Civil Engineers
Originally called Engineering Standards Committee

10. Standard Development Proposal Preparatory Committee Enquiry Approval
Publication
Proposal
First step is to confirm that an international standard is actually needed. New work items are submitted by technical committees and voted on. If the proposal is accepted by 5 p members the proposal is accepted
Preparatory
A working group of experts is set up with a project leader, chairman or as some bodies now cal them Thought Leader. The group prepare a working draft which often turns into a number of drafts. When the draft is then submitted to the full committee for acceptance as a committee draft
Committee
Draft is registered as a committee draft and may be revised several times. Once consensus is obtained the draft is submitted as a Draft International Standard
Enquiry
The DIS is then circulated to all ISO member bodies by the central secretariat for voting and comment over a 5 month period. If two thirds of members vote positively it can then be approved for submission as a Final Draft International standard.
Approval
FDIS is circulated to all members ISO within a period of two months for a final yes no vote.if there is a two thirds majority and not more than a 1/4 negative vote it becomes an international standard
Publication
Minor editorial changes are made and published by ISO central secretariat

11. Background to ISO 15489 Professional Societies AS 4390
Denver conference
DIS vote
BSI meeting
AS Part 1: General
AS Part 2: Responsibilities
AS Part 3: Strategies
AS Part 4: Control
AS Part 5: Appraisal and Disposal
AS Part 6: Storage.
The Standard was developed by the IT/21 Committee of Standards Australia, with representatives from the relevant professional associations, the Australian Archives (now the National Archives of Australia), other government agencies, universities and other professional specialists in records management, including an officer from the Archives Authority of New South Wales (now State Records). The Standard was released in February

12. Scope Management of records within organisations (not archives)
Media irrelevant
Best practice

13. Who is Involved

14. NMB
Australia
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Sweden UK
USA

15. Problems
Terminology
Fundamental issues
Cultural traditions

16. Meetings: TC46 SC11 Athens May 1998 Washington Nov 1999 Paris May 1999
Melbourne Nov 1999
Berlin May 2000
Stockholm Nov 2000

17. Athens May 1998

18. Washington Nov 1998

19. Paris 1999

20. Melbourne Nov 1999
Committee Draft

21. Berlin May 2000

22. Stockholm
Technical report

23. Timetable Nov 1999 committee draft Nov 2000 DIS Standard 2001
Technical report 2001

24. Why are standard so important?
World wide progress in trade liberalisation
Interpenetration of sectors
World wide communication systems
global standards for emerging technologies
developing countries
WW trade liberalisation
today's free trade markets are incredibly diverse - fair competition has to be based identifiable, clearly defined common references recognised from one country to the next.
Inter P of Sectors
No industry can really claim to be completely independent of components, products, rules of application that have been developed in other sectors.
WW Coms
IT worls is an excellent example of an industry that needs to be standardised at a global level. Open systems
Emerging Technologies
Standardisation in completely new fields are now being developed fields such as life sciences, environment. In the early stages of new technology development functional prototypes rarely exist standardisation is concerned with developing terminology and how accumalating quantattaive data is managed
Developing countries
Development agencies are increassingly recognising that a standardisation infrastructure is a basic condition for the success of economic policies aimed at achieving sustainable development.

25. Why Standards Measurement Quality Perception performance quality
deliverables
Compatibility
common vocabulary
common goals
integrity
Quality
guarantee
Indicator
necessity
Perception
demanded

26. Why Records Management Standard
Why Not!
Framework
we can develop programmes
we can integrate into other frameworks
give us a model to use and improve

27. Intended Audience Records Managers Organisations Chief Executives
Anybody with responsibilities for records

28. Professional Foundation
Records Management Profession
Professional
Society
Knowledge
Qualifications
Standards

29. Future Developments Who will use it ? Why will they use it ?
How large is the potential audience ?

30. Future Developments
Guides
Workbook
Workshops
Performance models

31. Business Excellence Framework
Future Developments
Business Excellence Framework
ISO 9000
TQM KM
Records Management Standard

32. Future

33. Conclusion
ISO will be the most important records management document ever published
Not because of its content but because it is a recognition that there is a best practice in our profession

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