How has the implementation of the UK Freedom of Information Act 2000 affected archives and records management services?

Records Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-51

  Shepherd, Elizabeth Shepherd ^a   Ennion, Elizabeth Ennion ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Peterborough Archives Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archives management; Freedom of information; Records management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847113483     PISSN: 09565698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09565690710730688     Document Type: Article

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