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What is Metadata and Why is it Important?

AIIM

One such tool is Metadata. Metadata offers significant benefits in terms of understanding information in new ways and in being able to leverage that intelligence to drive innovation and the customer experience. What is Metadata? The US Department of Defense has a definition of metadata in its DoD 5015.2

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Digitizing Records: Understanding Metadata Requirements

National Archives Records Express

S49-07-001 – STS-049 – In cabin view of crewmember at the forward flight deck with laptop terminal National Archives Identifier: 22702275 In this blog post, we will explore the key aspects of metadata requirements and their significance in recordkeeping.

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How to Build a Metadata Plan in Five Steps

AIIM

Metadata resides at the center of many of the essential aspects of content management. In addition to helping organize and classify content, Metadata enables good findability, can trigger workflow and transactional processes, reveals document usage patterns and history, and helps establish retention and disposition events.

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Records Management in the Intelligent Information Era

AIIM

Defining a New Era of Records Management. Records management has traditionally been significantly focused on compliance. We argued in the AIIM 2019 State of the Industry – Content Services that “[information management] is better sold indirectly – as a byproduct of automation and customer experience – than head-on.”.

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Four Skills Every Modern Records Manager Must Have Right Now

AIIM

This means that, for records managers to continue to remain relevant, we need to ensure that we are on top of new developments in records and information management that will significantly impact our organizations. Information Management Skills. But just because it's trite doesn't mean it's not true.

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Directive M-19-21: What it is and How to Achieve Compliance

AIIM

Permanent federal records AND appropriate metadata must be created, managed and maintained in electronic format by 2022. Federal agencies must close their own records storage facilities and transfer any inactive, temporary paper records to a Federal Records Center or Commercial Storage Facility by 2022.

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Benefits and Limitations of Auto Classification in Records Management

The Texas Record

As more organizations move from paper to electronic records, records management professionals face more complex challenges in managing these records. Records management professionals must ensure that the introduction of automation into records management does not affect the integrity of the record.