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Chronicle of a Records Manager: Controlling the Chaos of Disaster Response and Recovery

ARMA International

In the field of records management, there are logistical and large-scale projects that can challenge and perplex RIM professionals. Some projects may require the advice of professionals who have managed a similar project in the past. The Office of Archives and Records (OAR) is the official repository for the records of the ANO.

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Building the Relationship Between RM and IT

The Texas Record

Whether it’s creating and securing electronic records or establishing a process to capture records from social media sites, records managers often find themselves working closely with their Information Technology (IT) Departments. One example was, archives to records management are records of enduring value.

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How Did We Get Here? Five Technologies that led to electronic records

Positively RIM

The RIM world still wrestles with the progression of paper records into electronic records, as well as the integration of the two. Until the mid-1980s, almost all business records were physical, that is, the medium that held the information was made up of atoms. Computer power. Paper or plastic? Local or remote?

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Bridging the Gap between RIM and IT

Positively RIM

Today’s Blog is sponsored by MER 2017, Cohasset Associates’ 25 th annual educational conference on electronic records management, in Chicago, May 8-10. Managing electronic records is arguably more difficult than managing paper. The euphemism was to make an attorney your “new best friend.”

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Conferences as conversation starters | ZDNet

Collaboration 2.0

Conferences as conversation starters By Oliver Marks | June 30, 2008, 10:00am PDT Summary Ten years ago Comdex - the gigantic Las Vegas hi tech conference and show - was reaching its high point. Topics Web , Industry , Conference , Web 2.0 Hot Topics iPhone iPad Enterprise 2.0 He is based in San Francisco.

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Office 2.0 Conference September 3-5 | ZDNet

Collaboration 2.0

Conference September 3-5 By Oliver Marks | July 31, 2008, 1:55pm PDT Summary I’ve attended every Office 2.0 conference so far and found it to be a fascinating cutting edge experience, and a source of both great contacts and intriguing and useful information. Hot Topics iPhone iPad Enterprise 2.0 Office 2.0

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Musings from MER

Positively RIM

Sunday, I jumped on Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which carried me to Managing Electronic Records, Cohasset Associates’ preeminent conference in Chicago. Conference organizers focused on legal issues: litigation readiness, records production, e-discovery, risk mitigation, datamaps, and more.