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Documentation Theory for Information Governance

ARMA International

This article is part of a collaboration between ARMA and AIEF and is included in Information Management Magazine, ARMA-AIEF Special Edition , which will be available for download in November. i] Documents are created, deployed, and used to help us communicate, organize, control, discipline, monitor, and represent many aspects of information, institutions, and individuals. This focus on information, or as some scholars describe as a privileging of information, [vii].

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Information Governance and the Records Lifecycle

The Texas Record

” or “RIM” acronym as a shorthand way to refer to the “records and information management” field. Records management (RM) is no longer a siloed discipline; RIM practitioners need to manage records within the entire information landscape of their organizations.

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Public Affairs: Your New Neighborhood Library

Information Governance Perspectives

When you think about the fact that libraries are about information and not simply about books, you begin to see where the value is. The post Public Affairs: Your New Neighborhood Library appeared first on Rafael Moscatel.

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[Podcast] Strategic Considerations for Information Governance Audits

AIIM

Information governance audits, in particular, are used to ensure compliance with relevant information governance policies and procedures. If the answers to questions 1 and 2 were "yes," why don't Information Governance Practitioners use them more often?

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Information Governance Innovations in 2019

Everteam

If 2018 showed us anything, it’s that information governance has captured the attention of organizations of all sizes. Maybe they don’t all refer to the work they do on ensuring their information is well governed as “information governance,” but they are thinking about what’s needed and doing the work to make it happen. Here’s a look at some of the things we believe is going to help organizations get better at information governance.

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Crowley Company Honored with Four 2021 Platinum Modern Library Awards

IG Guru

The post Crowley Company Honored with Four 2021 Platinum Modern Library Awards appeared first on IG GURU. Featured IG News Information Governance Scanning Crowley Company Honored Modern Library AwardsFrederick, Md. –

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e-Records 2017: “Establishing Information Governance for Local Governments in Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365”

The Texas Record

Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed. The Public Information Act and Updates from the 85th Legislative Session. Establishing Information Governance for Local Governments in Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365. In a presentation at this year’s conference, Alexander Webb and Julia Johnson from the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Cap Metro) showed us how to apply Information Governance to a SharePoint implementation.

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Book Recommendation: Tomorrow’s Jobs Today authored by Rafael and Abby Moscatel via IG GURU

IG Guru

Rafael is a well-respected Information Governance Professional (IGP), Certified Records Manager (CRM), and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). Tomorrow’s Jobs Today is written by Rafael Moscatel and his spouse Abby Moscatel.

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e-Records 2017: “Teacher Retirement System of Texas: The Information Governance Journey”

The Texas Record

Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed. The Public Information Act and Updates from 85th Legislative Session. Establishing Information Governance for Local Governments in Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365. Data Protection and Information Governance across Data Silos. Big Data vs. Information Security: Bringing Peace to Conflict. Teacher Retirement System of Texas: The Information Governance Journey.

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e-Records 2017 – “Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed” Conference Recap

The Texas Record

The 2017 e-Records conference delivered on all fronts hosting a variety of vendors, local government and state agency representatives and, of course, plenty of staff from the two hosting state agencies: Department of Information Resources (DIR) and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). News Training eRecords 2017 Local Governments State Agencies

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People Aren't Necessarily Librarians

Gimmal

With modern software, card catalogs and manual sorting are a thing of the past in libraries, and that ease of access should flow through to the digital workplace. automation information governance information governance program information lifecycle governance data governanceI learned the Dewy Decimal system in fourth grade, but I'm not sure they teach that any longer!

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ESI, ROT, and LBJ – Thoughts on Data Management While Visiting the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Jim’s post below highlights the importance of information governance and the need for data discovery to manage increasing volumes of data (as we discussed during this webcast last month). For more information on how CloudNine helps organizations with data discovery, contact us at info@ediscovery.co. The library houses more than 45 million pages , including an extensive audiovisual collection and more than 650,000 photos and 5,000 hours of recordings.

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Download The State of Information Governance Report, Volume III

IGI

IGI’s State of Information Governance Report, Volume III Shows Clear Advances In IG. We are happy to announce the release of Volume III of The State of Information Governance Report. This is the third edition of the Report, which has become the industry’s most comprehensive research on Information Governance as a concept, profession, and market. The Report is based on extensive surveying of Information Governance (IG) practitioners and providers.

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Download The State of Information Governance Report, Volume III

IGI

IGI’s State of Information Governance Report, Volume III Shows Clear Advances In IG. We are happy to announce the release of Volume III of The State of Information Governance Report. This is the third edition of the Report, which has become the industry’s most comprehensive research on Information Governance as a concept, profession, and market. The Report is based on extensive surveying of Information Governance (IG) practitioners and providers.

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Download The State of Information Governance Report, Volume III

IGI

IGI’s State of Information Governance Report, Volume III Shows Clear Advances In IG. We are happy to announce the release of Volume III of The State of Information Governance Report. This is the third edition of the Report, which has become the industry’s most comprehensive research on Information Governance as a concept, profession, and market. The Report is based on extensive surveying of Information Governance (IG) practitioners and providers.

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Download The State of Information Governance Report, Volume III

IGI

IGI’s State of Information Governance Report, Volume III Shows Clear Advances In IG. We are happy to announce the release of Volume III of The State of Information Governance Report. This is the third edition of the Report, which has become the industry’s most comprehensive research on Information Governance as a concept, profession, and market. The Report is based on extensive surveying of Information Governance (IG) practitioners and providers.

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Download The State of Information Governance Report, Volume III

IGI

IGI’s State of Information Governance Report, Volume III Shows Clear Advances In IG. We are happy to announce the release of Volume III of The State of Information Governance Report. This is the third edition of the Report, which has become the industry’s most comprehensive research on Information Governance as a concept, profession, and market. The Report is based on extensive surveying of Information Governance (IG) practitioners and providers.

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Download The State of Information Governance Report, Volume III

IGI

IGI’s State of Information Governance Report, Volume III Shows Clear Advances In IG. We are happy to announce the release of Volume III of The State of Information Governance Report. This is the third edition of the Report, which has become the industry’s most comprehensive research on Information Governance as a concept, profession, and market. The Report is based on extensive surveying of Information Governance (IG) practitioners and providers.

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Scholar Calling on Writers for New Book: Impacts of the Cloud on Records Management and Archives

IG Guru

Barragan (San Jose State University) Introduction “The Library of Babel” is a short story conceiving of a universe in the form of a nearly infinite library containing all possible books. Impacts of the Cloud on Records Management and ArchivesA book edited by Salvador P.

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Download IGI’s Whitepaper: Ameritas Leverages Technology For Improved Information Governance

IGI

This publication was written by the Information Governance Initiative as part of our ongoing series exploring issues, strategies, and techniques related to information governance. More information about Active Navigation is available at www.activenavigation.com. Given the multi-disciplinary nature of Information Governance (IG), it can sometimes feel like an amorphous topic. About this Publication.

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Why Visual Classification Will Change the World

IG Guru

I was still in library school when Watson set a new benchmark for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and made science fiction a bit more […]. IG News Information Governance information security Records Management Sponsored LexitracWhy Visual Classification Will Change the World I’ll never forget watching IBM’s Watson computer beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Jeopardy to win the $1 million prize in February of 2011.

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LibSSH Flaw Allows Hackers to Take Over Servers Without Password

IG Guru

October 16, 2018Mohit Kumar A four-year-old severe vulnerability has been discovered in the Secure Shell (SSH) implementation library known as Libssh that could allow anyone to completely bypass authentication and gain unfettered administrative control over a vulnerable server without requiring a password. Breach IG News Information Governance information security Risk News flaw LibSSH Security

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Revisiting Digital Preservation - A Tale of Two Undergraduate Majors

AIIM

There are so many aspects of digital preservation that are important to me as a history major – things like “digital memory” and “preserving our cultural heritage” and libraries and formal archives. digital preservation information governance electronic records managementI will admit that I was an economics and history double-major as an undergraduate.

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What is ISO 20614, and why does it matter?

Everteam

The search to ensure the privacy and protection of digital and physical information is an ongoing one. While physical information security has been practiced for centuries, most people view digital information security as a new concern. However, governments and standards bodies have been coping with issues of the privacy and security of digital records and archives for decades longer than most people realize. Library of Congress, Online Privacy Law.

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The Information Management Umbrella

Brandeis Records Manager

Your industry may dictate your relationship with your library people, if you even have a relationship with them. In academia, records management tends (not exclusively) to be grouped organizationally with library and archival units. I recently presented an RM program review to my Brandeis library colleagues and noted this rather strange RM fit: humanities research, cultural heritage, instructional design, open scholarly access, and… RETENTION SCHEDULE?! George Despres, CRM.

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GDPR Compliance Obligations: The relationship between Data Controllers and Third-Party Processors

AIIM

Article 28 lays out the obligation requirements that govern the relationship between data controllers and processors. While information governance best practices and GDPR specific checklist are helpful tools in managing GDPR compliance obligations an equally important consideration is the application of AI technologies that automate the tedious contract review process. Want more information? This is the 11th post in a series on privacy by Andrew Pery.

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Information Literacy and Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

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.” Info literacy has largely become the preserve of the library community , with a focus on teaching scholars and citizens to navigate and to differentiate the information that confronts us. George Despres, CRM.

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The Power of the Record

Brandeis Records Manager

presidential election–regardless of your party affiliation or non-affiliation–was affected by the status of records; email records, in private vs. official places, and by hacking and claims of hacking, all for a lack of the information management controls that we promote in our organizations. Information Ethics information governance Information Management knowledge management records managementGeorge Despres, CRM.

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Snapshot: College and University Retention Schedules

Brandeis Records Manager

Higher Ed is an industry that generally encourages sharing of open information, in this case providing a view of retention schedules in the aggregate. Granted, this sample is bound by my non-exhaustive search engine results, and it excludes schedules from some well known CUs that elect not to share such information online. Higher Education information governance record retention schedules records management retention schedulesGeorge Despres.

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FAQ: Should I adopt TSLAC’s schedules or Create a Custom Schedule?

The Texas Record

One of the most critical decisions you must make as a records management officer at a local government is deciding on a schedule for records retention. Adopt one or more local retention schedules created by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). Internally, you can modify TSLAC’s schedules with your own columns to add information beyond the minimum requirements. FAQ Compliance Information Governance Local Governments Local Schedules Retention

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Establishing Records Management at Brandeis—The First Eighteen Months

Brandeis Records Manager

It begins with fact-finding: gathering information, learning the institution, meeting with stakeholders from various functions. We made early acquaintances with Legal and Information Security leaders. Another point to consider is stakeholder busy seasons—I learned the hard way that it was unwise to request information from our registrar before commencement, when he is slammed verifying student credentials. information governance record retention schedules records management

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Advocacy and Records Management

The Schedule

We know that records management continues to play, or has the potential to play, a vital role in the larger information governance framework. Defining information governance is rather difficult. I particularly like Gartner’s official definition: “Information governance is the specification of decision rights and an accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in the valuation, creation, storage, use, archival and deletion of information.

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[Podcast] Up Against 70,000 Boxes of Paper - One Law Firm’s Paper-Free Journey

AIIM

That’s what Susan Gleason , Manager of Records and Information Governance at Shipman & Goodwin and her team were up against. The Connecticut-based law firm was in the position that many firms face - they had been using paper-intensive records management for years and looking to build up their Information Governance , retention schedules, and ultimately move away from paper. Learn how we can make the information we encounter everyday work for us and not against us.

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[Podcast] Intelligent Information Management in the Transportation Industry

AIIM

On this episode of the AIIM on Air Podcast , you host Kevin Craine continues the “I Am AIIM” interview series with a look at Intelligent Information Management (IIM) in the Transportation industry. Hear how her company plans to leverage information governance in a way that addresses both compliance and risk while also enhancing revenue and driving value.”. Then, Kevin chats with Wayne Whyte , Records and Information Manager, Texas Department of Transportation.

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[Podcast] The Universal Translator – Not Just for Star Trek Anymore

AIIM

Click here to access our full library of episodes. Intelligent Information Management (IIM) AIIM on AirThe show Star Trek always had the coolest futuristic technology. For example, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wished I could tell Scotty to “Beam me up!”

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[Podcast] Intelligent Information Management in the Utilities Industry

AIIM

On this episode of the AIIM on Air Podcast , your host Kevin Craine dives into the world of Intelligent Information Management in the Utilities Industry continuing the series of “I Am AIIM” member interviews. Kevin chats with two AIIM members from the Utilities Industry – Joanna Hammerschmidt , an Information Management Coordinator at a public water utility in Kansas City and John Daly , an Information Governance Manager for the Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District.

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[Podcast] Up Against 70,000 Boxes of Paper - One Law Firm’s Paper-Free Journey

AIIM

That’s what Susan Gleason , Manager of Records and Information Governance at Shipman & Goodwin and her team were up against. The Connecticut-based law firm was in the position that many firms face - they had been using paper-intensive records management for years and looking to build up their Information Governance , retention schedules, and ultimately move away from paper. Learn how we can make the information we encounter everyday work for us and not against us.

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[Podcast] Up Against 70,000 Boxes of Paper - One Law Firm’s Paper-Free Journey

AIIM

That’s what Susan Gleason , Manager of Records and Information Governance at Shipman & Goodwin and her team were up against. The Connecticut-based law firm was in the position that many firms face - they had been using paper-intensive records management for years and looking to build up their Information Governance , retention schedules, and ultimately move away from paper. Learn how we can make the information we encounter everyday work for us and not against us.

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[Podcast] Behind the Scenes at AIIM's Leadership Council Summit

AIIM

For over 10 years now, AIIM's Leadership Council (LC) summit series has been the go-to event where the forward-thinking professionals in information management gather to delve into matters impacting the future of the industry. These member-only events offer a collaborative space for the dynamic conversations that help shape the role of the information management industry in a new era of business. Click here to access our full library of episodes.

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e-Records 2021 Call for Presentations

The Texas Record

This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government. The annual e-Records conference is online again this year!