Comparative Records Management Systems and the Courts - Manual and Automated Alternatives

• NCJ Number: 71041
• Author(s): D S Skupsky; R T Martin; M J Grumer; R P Wolfe; D S Skupsky
• Date Published: 1980
• Length: 50 pages
• Grant Number(s): 79-SS-AX-0007; 78-TA-AX-0012; 77-SS-99-6016; 77-TA-99-6001; 76-TA-99-0013
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Ctr for State Courts
• Sale Source: National Ctr for State Courts; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Training (Handbook/Manual)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Court's Equipment Analysis Project of the National Center for State Courts

Annotation

To assist court managers with records management problems, this manual identifies problems, suggests approaches to them, describes model approaches for integrating system components, and provides references.

Abstract

Most court managers have been exposed to basic concepts of technology (e.g., computers, word precessing, microfilm, video recording, multitrack audio recording, and reproduction) at court seminars and conferences and through judicial journals and popular magazines. However, few possess firsthand technical knowledge or have readily available resources to understand and assess each technology fully. Court decisionmakers, therefore, need impartial and comprehensive information concerning technology in court administration. The manual identifies significant problems with existing court recordkeeping systems, suggests alternative manual and automated approaches to these problems, and indicates applications where manual and automated solutions are mutually exclusive or complementary. It also describes model approaches for integrating manual and automated system components and indexes some previous work in the area of court technology. As an initial resource, the report directs court managers to other reports containing detailed information on the appropriate solutions available to help solve their recordkeeping problems. Illustrations, tables, and an annotated bibliography are provided. (Author abstract modified)