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Chronicle of a Records Manager: Controlling the Chaos of Disaster Response and Recovery

ARMA International

In the field of records management, there are logistical and large-scale projects that can challenge and perplex RIM professionals. Some projects may require the advice of professionals who have managed a similar project in the past. The Office of Archives and Records (OAR) is the official repository for the records of the ANO.

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RMS annual meeting teaser #2

The Schedule

The unending pursuit of getting the proverbial “seat at the table” and having a voice when it comes to records management decisions and concerns is a constant struggle for records managers. Through collaborative and mutually beneficial partnerships.

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“We’re all mad here”: Google Team Drives

The Schedule

Annoyed, my eye twitching a little, I closed my computer and went home for the evening. Once completed, perhaps ITS will be better positioned to spread word of the services offered by University Archives and Records Management Program. see NARA’s Universal Electronic Records Management Requirements for inspiration.).

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Bridging the Gap between RIM and IT

Positively RIM

Today’s Blog is sponsored by MER 2017, Cohasset Associates’ 25 th annual educational conference on electronic records management, in Chicago, May 8-10. Managing electronic records is arguably more difficult than managing paper. The euphemism was to make an attorney your “new best friend.”

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Reporting back from the 2022 ARCHIVES*RECORDS Conference

Archive-It

by Julie Rosier, Graduate Student (MSIS, Archives & Records Management), University at Albany, SUNY and Tanya Ulmer, MLIS, Web Archivist for Archive-It. The Society of American Archivists (SAA) held its first hybrid ARCHIVES*RECORDS conference from August 25 to August 27, 2022. Thursday, August 25.

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URLs Aren’t Archives ¯_(?)_/¯, and Other Stories

The Schedule

The lack of input in the piece by any institutional archivist, records manager or content management administrator was frustrating. The records in which the history of hiring practices, revenue sources, internal policy and decision-making is documented? I found the assumptions made by the author to be frustrating.

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Part 3: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about effecting risk management and change management?

ARMA International

Part 2 discussed the critical factors for a successful DT journey, because organizations need to do a “mind-shift” from traditional records and information management (RIM) practices to content services (CS). This means imagining the “art of the possible” for a new future using a cloud computer model to deliver transformative change.