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Auto Classification in Records Management

OpenText Information Management

The landscape of Records Management (RM) has drastically changed in the last 20 years. Once a manageable and largely manual task limited to storage rooms and archivists, records management has grown to exponential proportions, with larger and larger amounts of new records being created and stored digitally every day.

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Information Literacy and Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). A keen sense of info literacy is required to execute records management and info governance functions with ethical outcomes. George Despres, CRM.

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Information Governance and the Records Lifecycle

The Texas Record

When we talk about records management on this blog, we often use the “R.I.M.” ” or “RIM” acronym as a shorthand way to refer to the “records and information management” field. But how is information governance any different than records management?

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Establishing Records Management at Brandeis—The First Eighteen Months

Brandeis Records Manager

George Despres, University Records Manager, Brandeis University. The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). The Brandeis University Records Management (URM) program has much in front of it, but some solid foundational accomplishments behind it.

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A Record Center is Not an Archives: Some thoughts from an interview

The Schedule

A recent assignment for one of her classes was to interview a practicing Archivist and/or Records Manager about the “qualified practices” of the profession and write up a paper/presentation/something else summarizing and analyzing it. What made you want to switch from archives to records management?

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Snapshot: College and University Retention Schedules

Brandeis Records Manager

University Records Manager, Brandeis University. The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). grade rosters) that might appear within certain categories, to mine applicable data. Athletics records are covered in only 35% of the schedules. George Despres.

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“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Our Turf?

Brandeis Records Manager

University Records Manager, Brandeis University. The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). This book passed under my radar until a kind colleague pointed out that, in one chapter, Kondo dispenses personal record retention and categorization guidance. George Despres.