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Archivists and Records Managers, part 13

The Schedule

.” He explained that the “data explosion” has blurred the lines between active and inactive records that typically divided records managers from archivists. data mining. archivists) in identifying records. archivists) in identifying records. employee training and education. ”

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Archivists and Records Managers, part 12

The Schedule

With too many other things consuming time during RIM month, I took some time off from investigating the intersections between archivists and records managers. Stephens wrote an article in Information Management about the evolution and future of the records and information management (RIM) profession. .”

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Information Literacy and Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. A keen sense of info literacy is required to execute records management and info governance functions with ethical outcomes. Like records management , info literacy has considerable social justice implications. George Despres, CRM.

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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. ILM was absent from, false, or shabby in many last-generation electronic document and records management products.

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Pending Updates to Regulations of Archives in Colombia

AIIM

Through this state norm, Colombia and all its public institutions have made substantial progress in document management and archives administration, so much so that it has been recognized nationally and internationally as a reference for several countries to develop their own legal frameworks on their public archive policies.

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A Record Center is Not an Archives: Some thoughts from an interview

The Schedule

A recent assignment for one of her classes was to interview a practicing Archivist and/or Records Manager about the “qualified practices” of the profession and write up a paper/presentation/something else summarizing and analyzing it. What made you want to switch from archives to records management?