where was that file located again?
Donald Owen Case’s article reminded me of my current job at a law office. At my current job we scan numerous documents and place them on our network. Also when we close a client’s file we scan pretty much everything from the file onto the network. While it is easy to find current client information on our network; it can be difficult to locate closed files on the network. This is mainly due to the fact that my boss is the person who decides the naming criteria. The problem is my boss tends to be highly irregular in file names and locations. While she does tend to save by document form, we have files back to the mid 1990’s and she has changed how she saves things numerous times. So it can be rather difficult to find files from lets say five years ago. I took me about a half hour to find one file about two weeks ago. Also, I think this issue is very much related to the issue of searching databases we discussed a few weeks ago.