National Archives and Electronic Records: Where are We Going?

The information society has had a major impact on the activities of traditional archives. The prediction of the "paperless office" in the eighties has not materialized as yet and in fact the amount of paper has increased substantially over the past decade. Rather than reduce paper, the introduction of computer technology has increased the number of products and copies of those products. The work of the archivist in the identification of the archivally valuable records has increased due to the paper burden. One must sift through far more records to