Charles M. Dollar

Charles M. Dollar is an expert on the life cycle management of electronic records, particularly electronic records archiving. He pioneered research into digital preservation of electronic records.

Early life and education Dollar was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and earned his Bachelor of Arts from Union University before earning a PhD at the University of Kentucky.

Career He was a history professor at Oklahoma State University (1968–1974), and coauthor of A Historian's Guide to Statistics He then became the electronic records program manager at the National Archives and Records Administration (1974–1994), an archival educator at the University of British Columbia (1994–1999), and a Senior Consultant at Cohasset Associates (1999 to the present), he was a pioneer in establishing the electronic records preservation program of the National Archives in the 1970s. In 1994, Dollar joined the Graduate Faculty of the School of Library, Information, and Archival Studies at the University of British Columbia, where he taught in the Archival Studies Program. Dollar was the 2005 recipient of the Emmett Leahy Award, which recognizes an individual whose contributions and outstanding accomplishments have had a major impact on the records and information management profession.

Select bibliography Dollar, Charles M. Archival Theory and Information Technologies: The Impact of Information Technologies on Archival Principles and Methods Macerata, Italy: University of Macerata, 1992. Dollar, Charles M. Authentic Electronic Records: Long-Term Access Strategies. Chicago: Cohasset Associates, 1999.