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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Today NARA is releasing the entirety of our digital preservation framework for public comment. This digital preservation framework consists of our approach to determining risks faced by electronic files, and our plans for preserving different types of file formats. The documents are available at: [link].

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Preservica

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

More importantly, IG practitioners who participated in the survey indicated that they were aware hardware and software obsolescence represents a threat to the usability and readability of long-term digital information and records. For the time being, long-term digital preservation is a future area of focus on the IG roadmap.

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Preservica

OCTOBER 10, 2021

This document explores formats growing in popularity and identifies associated risks, benefits, and potential limitations of use. It is a timely reminder that the environments where electronic records are created, captured and managed are complex and dynamic and thus require monitoring and evolving preservation practices.

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Preservica

JUNE 26, 2017

The keynote focused on how to calculate the value of business information as an asset, reflecting an uptick in engagement across all industry sectors as organizations undergo digital transformations and face ever greater cyber-security risks.

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Preservica

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

And while vital records – birth, death, marriage and service records – provide an equally compelling case for adopting best practices in electronic records preservation, I’ll leave the discussion on those high value, high risk collections for another post. Electronic Records Preservation.

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Brandeis Records Manager

MAY 20, 2016

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. Strategic thinking, even with risk management, is often forced to assume a relatively even state of ongoing operations. Agile Records Management. Recovery, or corrective agility, is an important part of agile records management.

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Preservica

JANUARY 22, 2020

A recent sign of the times was the December 31, 2019 deadline for federal agencies to manage all permanent electronic records appraised for eventual transfer and accessioning by NARA in an electronic format. And, of course, they struggle to keep up with evolving risks and technologies. Playing Catch Up.

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Preservica

AUGUST 7, 2018

Boston, MA and Oxford, UK | Day August 7, 2018 | Preservica, a world leader in digital preservation, has announced its support for the Council of State Archivists’ (CoSA) 2018-19 research initiative into the risks to electronic state government records from file format and technology obsolescence.

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AIIM

JUNE 21, 2019

This domain is important because it focuses on the compliance and risk side of information management. While the primary focus of intelligent information management is on enabling and supporting business goals and objectives, it's still important to safeguard information to minimize risk and liability.

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Info Source

JULY 23, 2019

Boston, MA and London, UK – 24 July 2019: Preservica , the market leader in SaaS-based active digital preservation, welcomes enterprise information management veteran John Shackleton to its board to spearhead the company’s next phase of global expansion.

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IG Guru

DECEMBER 2, 2022

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National Archives Records Express

JULY 24, 2023

Metadata and Documentation Accurate and comprehensive metadata is crucial for the successful management and retrieval of digitized records. Metadata should include information such as record titles, dates, descriptions, and unique identifiers.

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The Texas Record

JUNE 1, 2021

In this article, we’re going to discuss the hypothetical situation of a records manager’s worst nightmare come true: employees creating records outside of the office’s network. A best practice for efficient managers is to analyze hypothetical risk to know how to prevent and address the risk if it were to ever occur.

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Preservica

JULY 24, 2019

Preservica , the market leader in SaaS-based active digital preservation, welcomes enterprise information management veteran John Shackleton to its board to spearhead the company’s next phase of global expansion. Having digital files stored somewhere means nothing if these assets are not readable or usable.

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ARMA International

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Highlights of the Forrester Research and ARMA International Records Management Online Survey, Q4 2019. 2019 marks ten years since ARMA International and Forrester Research first surveyed records and information management (RIM) decision-makers to understand the key trends and challenges facing the profession.

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Preservica

JULY 27, 2017

Here’s why we need to think long-term and take action to protect critical digital records: Maintaining perspective. As records management professionals, we’re still fighting the thorny issue of getting people to pay attention in the normal course of business operations to records that need care and protection.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Here, Part 3 discusses how to manage the various DT risks. This discussion includes methods, tools, and techniques such as using personae and identifying use cases that have high business value, while minimizing project risks. The uncertainty can result in a perception of risk – empirical or conjectural. Introduction.

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Preservica

JUNE 27, 2016

We recently hosted a webinar with the Information Governance Initiative (IGI), to explore the risks to digital content and the dangers of short-term thinking when it comes to governing this type of information. This is despite 97% being aware that these digital records are at risk due to file format and technology obsolescence.

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AIIM

MARCH 13, 2018

Many of you are aware that I’ve been working on a personal mystery project on the weekends that I’m publishing on Medium since it goes beyond the kind of thing we usually cover in this space ( In search of my Grandparents -- A records management journey ). Interested in the unique skills needed to be a modern Records Manager ?

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Preservica

JULY 30, 2018

The Executive Director of the Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA) speaks out on the need for digital preservation. Lori Ashley: Given your mission of preservation and accessibility of legal information, can you share some of the risks to legal information that your member institutions face?

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 18, 2020

I’ll leave the rest out to avoid spoilers, but what caught my eye and caused RIM-Brain was that the inscribed Hall of Records building has a roman numeral I, which made me wonder how many Halls of Records are there in the Twilight Zone ? And who is the Records Management Officer?

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 31, 2018

” We can get lost in the technical issues of digital preservation and it is easy to lose sight of the “Why” We preserve emails and records to tell a story and to provide transparency into government decisions and actions.

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AIIM

MARCH 27, 2018

Traditional information governance and records management folks from the content world that focus on “documents” need to get familiar quickly with concepts from the data side of the house, because that is going to be the dominant framework as we move into the era of AI and machine learning. Business process management.

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ARMA International

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Chapter 4, “Retention & Disposition of Blockchain Records,” discusses three main questions: Can blockchain reduce any of the investment required for records retention? Does it impose new challenges or risks for the execution of those archival functions? What could blockchain records retention look like?

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Everteam

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Architected with digital preservation and long-term archive integrity in mind, it includes recent functional additions like: Support for SEDA (ISO 20614) – The new data exchange protocol for interoperability and preservation. Evidence shows that good Information Governance is critical to the success of any enterprise.

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ARMA International

DECEMBER 31, 2019

These include authoritative frameworks, standards, regulations, privacy requirements, risk tolerance, and organizational culture. Are your organization’s culture and risk tolerance understood well enough to incorporate them into decision making? Roughly, these are the rules that help guide IG decisions. Are they understood?

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Part 3 will discuss how to manage the various DT risks. This discussion will include methods, tools, and techniques such as using personae and identifying use cases that have high business value, while minimizing project risks. Data Management. Introduction. The hype started with Blockchain 1.0,

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ARMA International

AUGUST 8, 2019

If you do not understand what information you have, why you must retain it, or for how long, scanning may effectively replicate information management problems that exist in your paper files into your digital information environment. This can be costly and increase risk. If, after consultation with relevant stakeholders (e.g.,

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ARMA International

MAY 29, 2019

View the PDF version of this article. --> The PDF and print editions (2019, Volume 2, April-June) which include this article will be released in early July 2019.

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IG Guru

APRIL 22, 2020

April 22, 2020 Dr. Pat Franks is a well-known teacher and author throughout the Record and Information Management (RIM) profession. Her countless articles and publications have helped many of us run and manage our RIM programs. It is an honor to review her latest book, Records and Information management: Second Edition.

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IG Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

NAGARA’s 2020 Fall Online Forum: ARCHIVES! has been pre-approved for 5.0 CEUs by ARMA International, 5.0 ARCs from ACA, and 5.0 CMPs from ICRM. There’s no better way to maintain your certifications than by attending the 2020 Fall Online Forum!

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IG Guru

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Click here to access the digital copy. The post IG World Summer 2019 Issue Available appeared first on IG GURU.

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