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Information Governance and the Records Lifecycle

The Texas Record

When we talk about records management on this blog, we often use the “R.I.M.” ” or “RIM” acronym as a shorthand way to refer to the “records and information management” field. But how is information governance any different than records management?

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Establishing Records Management at Brandeis—The First Eighteen Months

Brandeis Records Manager

George Despres, University Records Manager, Brandeis University. The Brandeis University Records Management (URM) program has much in front of it, but some solid foundational accomplishments behind it. We made early acquaintances with Legal and Information Security leaders.

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Do You Have the Right Stuff to Transition to Information Governance?

ARMA International

In my stuffier moments, I define IG as being “the application of formal and informal controls to ensure information is managed according to your organization’s legal, operational, and technical requirements.” [1]. Hmmm … sounds a lot like records management, doesn’t it? Here’s how one organization pulled this off.

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What Is Our Professional Future?

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. Like most people, I prefer to have a reasonable sense of job security, as long as my interest is engaged. At the risk of sounding alarmist, I have concerns about the records management profession’s long-range future. George Despres, CRM.