The primacy and problems of digital records: the California Occupational Informaiton Coordinating Committee records at the California State Archives

Project (M.A., History (Public History)) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2011.The records of the Occupational Information Coordinating Committee include floppy diskettes and CD-ROMs. The files on these electronic media could not be processed because the State Archives has not developed procedures for processing electronic records.\ud Sources of Data: Data sources for this project included monographs, newspaper articles, journal articles, archival materials, unpublished manuals and guidelines, emails, memoranda, publications, and web pages. Conclusions Reached: The inability to describe the media according to archival best practices left the author with valuable insight into the functions of large archives without existing electronic records management programs as well as an understanding of the developments in the field of electronic records management.History (Public History