Elizabeth Lomas, Northumbria University
Elizabeth Lomas is a qualified records manager with over 15 years experience working in both the private and public sectors. Most recently she was employed by the Royal Household to implement the Palace’s records management, information compliance and information security programmes.
Since 1997 she has been based in The School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, which is a leading institution in the field of information management research and teaching. Elizabeth is a module tutor on the University’s Records Management MSc and Information Rights Law and Practice LLM. THe main focus of her work is research on maximising information potential for records/data held within information communication and technolgy systems, considering the impact of records management frameworks, other business models, and the impact of the individual. Elizabeth has established a group of 50 researchers, split between records managers and other information professionals and users of ICTS systems.
In addition Elizabeth chairs the Society of Archivists’ Legislation Committee, is a member of the ARMA Risk Committee, a certified member of the Institute of Risk Management and a qualified ISO 27001 (the information security standard) lead auditor. Her recent publications include Lomas, E. (2007) A guide to the retention of records on a modern landed estate, published by Hall-McCartney Ltd and the Historic Houses Archivists Group.
Conference sessions featuring Elizabeth Lomas
- Conference 2010:
- Conference 2009:
- Continued communications: maximising information potential within computer mediated communications for business benefit
- The synergy of international information standards: aligning records management practice with risk and information security models