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Fact Denial and the Record Under Threat

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. 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. George Despres, CRM. Part of our culture, at least here in the U.S.,

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Information Literacy and Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. Presidential Committee on Information Literacy states that “to be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.”

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The Power of the Record

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. 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. Records and Records Management Needs Are Everywhere.