The Queensland Branch is please to announce the introduction of the Queensland Records Management Awards.
The awards will be made in the following categories:
The awards will recognise an outstanding individual and group that has made a significant contribution to records management in Queensland during 2004.
The awards are presented at the Branch Annual General meeting held in July each year.
Outstanding Individual
Criteria
The award is open to individual members holding professional status who have made a significant contribution to records and information management in the past year.
- The achievement or contribution may be in the individual’s own workplace or to the profession as a whole.
- Provide details of the outstanding achievement of the nominee in no more than 1000 words.
- Supporting documentary evidence should accompany the application.
The outstanding contribution should demonstrate one or more of the following
- An example of best practice or innovation in the records management field.
- Evidence of a commitment to records and information management issues
- A significant innovation or development in the field that increases the awareness of the profession to those outside the RMAA.
- Display of an outstanding degree of dedication and commitment to the profession.
Outstanding Group
Criteria
- This award is open to groups, committees (other than RMAA Committees), vendors, business units or consultants who have achieved excellence in records and information management and made an outstanding contribution to the profession.
- Groups/committees must comprise at least three people
- This award is self-nominating.
- Project leaders must be financial members of the RMAA (but not necessarily all participants).
- A submission to provide details of the outstanding achievement in no more than 1000 words.
- Supporting documentary evidence should accompany application.
The outstanding contribution should demonstrate one or more of the following
- Innovation or best practice within the records management field that extends the boundaries of common practice.
- Evidence of an increased commitment to records and information management issues leading to increased motivation, involvement and improved business performance. Key internal personnel will need to verify that initiatives have made a significant strategic and practical contribution to the organisation.
- A significant innovation or development in the field that increases the awareness of the profession to those outside the RMAA.
- A level of achievement that results in an increase of RMAA members or displays an outstanding degree of dedication and commitment to the profession.
The winners will be eligible to have their applications also considered in the Eddis Linton Awards.
Applications should be addressed to:
Queensland Branch Records Management Awards
PO Box 1059
Brisbane
Queensland 4001
Australia
Applications close on the 30 June 2007.
Previous Winners
2006 - Outstanding Group
eDRMS Implementation Team Queensland Department of Education and the Arts
2005 - Outstanding Individual
Rick Ryan, ARMA
2005 - Outstanding Group
Queensland universities for collaborative effort in producing the Queensland Higher Education Records Disposal Schedule.
