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Retention vs. Records Management

Gimmal

Records management is an important component of any information governance strategy , but do you know what goes into your records management strategy to be successful? Retention is a strategy that focuses on reducing the volume of information your company has to manage. What is Records Management?

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When Pressing Delete Is OK: Learn How to Eliminate ROT in Your Organization

AIIM

This causes enough problems by itself, but when you then add to the pile all the redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information you have in your systems, on your file shares, and in every other possible location, it’s a real nightmare. Don’t Let Your Information ROT. Identifying and Evaluating ROT.

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5 Reasons Your Files and Records are ROT(ting)

Gimmal

Redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information likely dominates your content stores. Whether it’s your network file shares, EFSS locations such as Box and Dropbox, or even your email accounts, a large portion of content and records is essentially useless. Five Reasons Your Files are ROT(ting) 1.

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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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What Can We Learn About the IG Profession from the ARMA InfoCon 2020 Taxonomy

ARMA International

Now, many of the terms in our taxonomy represent common themes you’d expect to see at an ARMA conference, terms like “records management,” “information governance,” and “information management.” On the need to reflect more clarity, a great example is the term “records management.”

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How to Perform a Content Migration - Your Checklist for Success

AIIM

Information Management Specialists: A given migration could require advice and support from records managers, knowledge managers, document managers or document controllers, privacy and data protection specialists, and others. Or is much of it redundant, outdated or obsolete, or trivial (ROT)? Conclusion.

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RIM-brain in Movies and TV

The Texas Record

I’ll leave the rest out to avoid spoilers, but what caught my eye and caused RIM-Brain was that the inscribed Hall of Records building has a roman numeral I, which made me wonder how many Halls of Records are there in the Twilight Zone ? And who is the Records Management Officer?