...Dr Anne Thurston; Victoria Louise Lemieux; Brianna Gormly; Lyse Rowledge Purpose – This paper aims to explore the role of records management in supporting the effective use of information visualisation and visual analytics (VA) to meet the challenges associated with the analysis of Big Data...

.../methodology/approach – The article describes the results of the first stage in a multi-stage research project leading to methods for developing retention and disposition specifications and formal schedules for open data and big data initiatives. A fictitious organization is used to describe...