Professor Julie McLeod

Julie McLeod is Professor in Records Management. She is an active member of the BSI and ISO Committees which developed ISO 15489, the international records management standard, and author of BIP 0025:2 (2003) on its implementation. Julie has directed research projects funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the JISC on: managing research data and records; freedom of information and records management in further education funded; the impact of ISO 15489 in the UK; an evaluation of toolkits for assessing records management capacity and/or compliance; and accelerating the pace of positive change in managing electronic records (AC+erm). AC+erm was the largest ever AHRC grant for records management research when it was awarded. Julie is Editor of the Records Management Journal, has published many articles and co-authored/co-edited several books, including Managing Electronic Records (Facet, 2005) and How to Manage Records in the e-Environment (Routledge, 2006). She is Programme Leader for the MSc Records Management (Distance Learning) and BSc (Hons) Information & Records Management (Distance Learning) programmes, both the first distance learning programmes of their type in the UK.

Selection of Publications

Journal articles

McLeod, J and Hare, C. (2010).Development of RMJ: a mirror of the development of the profession and discipline of records management. Records Management Journal, v20(1), p 9-40.

Hardiman, R. Childs, S. and McLeod, J. (2009). Transformation through research? The AC+erm project and electronic records management. Records Management Bulletin, 151, p.3-7.

McLeod, J. (2009). Developing a research agenda for records management: a short story. ARC Magazine (Society of Archivists), No 233, p. 18-19.

McLeod, J. (2009). Accelerating positive change in e-records management: the AC+erm project at Northumbria University. ARC Magazine (Society of Archivists), No 233, p. 24.

McLeod, J. (2008). Records management research – perspectives and directions. J. Society of Archivists, V29 (1), p. 29-40.

McLeod, J, Childs, S and Heaford, S. (2007). Records management capacity and compliance toolkits: a critical assessment. Records Management Journal, v17 (3), p 216-232.

McLeod, J and Childs, S. (2007). Consulting Records Management Oracles – a Delphi in Practice. Archival Science, v7(2), p. 147-166 http://www.springerlink.com/content/12131752258334h5/fulltext.pdf

Childs S, McLeod J (2004). Managing primary research data and records for research in higher education institutions - findings from a research project. New Review of Information Networking, 10(2):131-145

Edward, S. and McLeod, J. (2004). Is the Freedom of Information Act driving records management in Further Education Colleges? Records Management Journal, 14 (1), p.40-50.

McLeod, J. (2004). ISO 15489: helpful, hype or just not hot? Archives & Manuscripts, v32(2), p. 90-113.

McLeod, J, Hare, CE and Johare, R. (2004). Education and training for records management in the electronic environment – (re)search for an appropriate model. Information Research, 9(3), http://informationr.net/ir/9-3/infres93.html .

McLeod, J. (2003). Assessing the impact of ISO 15489 – a preliminary investigation. Records Management Journal, 13(2), p.70-82.

Books, conference proceedings, etc.

McLeod J, Childs S, Lappin J, Siggers G (2010). Investigation into the use of Microsoft SharePoint in UK Higher Education Institutions. Paper accepted for: CENTERIS’2010 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems – aligning technology, organizations and people, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, 20-22 October 2010.

McLeod J, Childs S & Hardiman R. (2010). Transforming information and records management through research and development? 3rd Northumbria International Witness Seminar Conference 4 March 2010, Newcastle upon Tyne. Northumbria University. Proceedings

Childs, S., McLeod, J. and Hardiman, R. (2009). Accelerating positive change in electronic records management - an empirical toolkit of solutions. UK Academy for Information Systems Conference Proceedings. AIS (Association of Information Systems) , 31 March - 1 April 2009, Oxford. Electronic Library. http://aisel.aisnet.org/ukais2009/18/

Childs, S, Hardiman, R, Hay-Gibson, N, Lomas, E & McLeod, J (2008). Examining the issues & challenges of email & e-communications. 2nd Northumbria Witness Seminar Conference, 24-25 Oct 2007 Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. Proceedings

Childs, S, Heaford, S & McLeod, J. (2006). Exploring the essence of reords management: engaging with experts. Procedings of the 1st Northumbria International Witness Seminar Conference, 4-5 May 2006, Newcastle. School of Computing, Engineering & Information Sciences, Northumbria University. Proceedings

McLeod, J. and Hare, CE. (2006). How to manage records in the e-environment. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.

McLeod, J.,Childs, S. and Heaford, S. (2006). A guide to records management capacity and compliance toolkits and recommendations for their practical use. (Project funded by the AHRC Grant No. AN112347). Northumbria University. Guide

McLeod, J. (2005). GB017.2 Effective records management - Practical implementation of ISO 15489. SAI Global. (Previously published as BIP 0025-2: 2002. BSI).

McLeod, J and Hare, C (eds). (2005). Managing electronic records. Facet.

McLeod, J. (2003). BIP 0025-2 Effective records management - Practical implementation of BS ISO 15489. BSI. (Originally published as DISC PD 0025-2: 2002).