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Off the Record: RIM Month Special Edition– Blockchain, Record Tampering, Internet Archive: Oh My!

The Texas Record

” “Blockchain” is the latest technology buzzword mostly discussed alongside cryptocurrencies, methods of exchanging money using cryptography for security. It turns out, it has a place in records management as well– at least according to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

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“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Our Turf?

Brandeis Records Manager

The book, translated from Japanese to English, reads like rather quaint, Emily Postian, self-help prose, and it is no info governance (IG) monograph. She argues (though without much supporting evidence) for destruction of most conference material: “People often insist, ‘I want to restudy these materials sometime’ but most never do.”

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The Strategic, the Tactical, and Agile Records Management

Brandeis Records Manager

Recovery, or corrective agility, is an important part of agile records management. For example, our secure, sensitive records destruction bin footprint quickly and “successfully” grew to over 25 bins across a geographically complex campus, impossible to navigate and find by visiting vendor drivers seeking to empty them.