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Fact Denial and the Record Under Threat

Brandeis Records Manager

As if we don’t have enough challenges, controlling information today. has embraced the acceptance of non-truths and the repudiation of facts in the record. Most of us, at least in this profession, know that we need to question all sources of information. Part of our culture, at least here in the U.S.,

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Information Literacy and Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

A keen sense of info literacy is required to execute records management and info governance functions with ethical outcomes. In his book Infonomics , Doug Laney emphasizes that few institutions have full inventories of their information, and that many organizations fail to monetize it or treat it as an asset. I don’t think so.

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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.). Just a matter of upping our efforts.