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Fact Denial and the Record Under Threat

Brandeis Records Manager

Our Principle of Integrity – “An information governance program will be constructed so the information generated by or managed for the organization has a reasonable and suitable guarantee of authenticity and reliability” – is threatened at the societal level by the fake news and fact denial phenomenon.

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Information Literacy and Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

Also, as I’ve suggested , fact denial and fake news—land mines under the librarian’s definition of info literacy—should be serious concerns for the RIM and IG professional communities as well, given our core principles of integrity and transparency. Like records management , info literacy has considerable social justice implications.

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The Power of the Record

Brandeis Records Manager

After some recent gloom and doom posts about future challenges to the profession and fact denial and fake news , it’s probably time to take a slightly more glass half-full perspective of our job. (The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.).