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Emerson Bryan, J.P., M.Sc., FIIM, CA, CRA, CC, CIP

Emerson Bryan is an information management specialist and principal consultant at Bryan Consulting, based in the Caribbean. He built his career in records management with the Jamaican Foreign Service before spending seven years as Information and Documentation Management Officer at the CARICOM Office of Trade Negotiations in Barbados, and has since consulted across the region on records and information governance. He holds an MSc in Information Management from Robert Gordon University and is a Certified Archivist (CA), Certified Records Analyst (CRA), and Certified Information Professional (CIP). He's active with CARBICA and the Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers.

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Records Lifecycle vs. Records Continuum: Why the Debate Still Divides Records Professionals

Earlier this week I found myself in a back and forth with a fellow (and very well decorated) professional in a LinkedIn Group about the Records Continuum Concept, and it's limits. The conversation re-ignited in me the first time I encountered the reference to this "new theory", which directly flew in the face of what I learnt and knew about the tried and tested Records Lifecycle Concept.

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