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Shared Drive Cleanup Success Story

The Texas Record

The standards were influenced by recommendations from the committee that is leading our division’s shared drive cleanup as well as other best practices for naming electronic records. We have completed our initial reorganization and implemented our new folder structure; however, records management is never finished.

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New Year’s Cleanup

The Texas Record

But we are here to help with tips and guidance on how to do a cleanup of your office’s records if there is any time in the new year to get started. Let us know in the comments if you’ve got any personal tips for doing major cleanups of records that are eligible for disposition.

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Is RIOT Data Undermining Your Information Governance? Here’s What You Need to Know 

Gimmal

For information governance professionals, understanding and managing RIOT data is crucial. It’s not just about data cleanup—it’s about safeguarding your organization’s efficiency, compliance, and bottom line. The Hidden Threats of RIOT Data 1.

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

AIIM

We put together this tip sheet in the context of file share cleanups and how you can determine whether information is still of value. Again, there can be records management concerns here, but this can be a great way to ensure that low-value or fairly short-lived content can be gotten rid of efficiently.

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AIIM's Information Management Training - Cost, Options, and FAQs

AIIM

But we didn’t really formalize our educational programs until 2006 when we released the AIIM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Electronic Records Management (ERM) courses. These courses do not target any one particular role but are of value to anyone interested in information management or the applicable topic.

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Texas Archives Month and Electronic Records Day

The Texas Record

Whether you prefer learning at a live event or from your desk, there are resources available for you, your colleagues, and your agency staff to increase your records management and information technology knowledge. The DIR Statewide Data Program overview offers ten short video segments based on the Data Management Book of Knowledge.

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How to Perform a Content Migration - Your Checklist for Success

AIIM

For a file share cleanup , it may make more sense to go in phases or target particular departments or processes. 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.

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