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Information Management Standards Toolkit

 
 

At last! One location for all of the documentation related to managing an Information and Referral database.

The Information Management Standards (IMS) Toolkit includes:

• Information and Referral data management standards
• tools
• appendices
• training materials from Webinar workshops

Materials provided in Adobe PDF format, unless otherwise specified. IMS Toolkit Link

Subject Records Standard

The new Subject Records data standard is now available. Download >>>

The document provides guidlines and examples for those resources which don't fit neatly within the definition of a commuity resource record eg. annual events, short-term activities, combined services with a common theme, etc. It was approved by the IO Board in July 2009.

Draft list of potential shared provincial records >> Download

Task Group's Terms of Reference. Download >>>

Its members are:

Sean McCorkell - 211 Windsor-Essex (chair)

Brian Harding - Information Oakville

Diane Graham - Community Connection Collingwood

Kristen Tomcko - 211 Ontario North

Liz Gallagher - Volunteer Centre of Guelph/Wellington

Michele Watson - Information Durham

Vicki McMullen - Information Niagara

 

InformOntario Naming Standard

The 2007 InformOntario Naming Standard

The Naming Standard Task Force updated this Standard, originally drafted in 2005 by the 211 Information Resources Working Group and approved by the InformOntario board. This revised document includes information on handling French language names.

Download Naming Standard >> 

Task Force members:

• John Allec, 211Ontario.ca Project
• Christine Berry, InformationOakville (Chair IO Standards Committee)
• Cathy Bodle, Information Barrie
• Anne Driscoll, Human Development Council, St John NB
• Corinne Gallois, Findhelp Information Services
• Jennifer Lindsey, VolunteerKingston
• Susan Starkman, Findhelp Information Services