Articles – Page 2 – ARMA Magazine

As it Nears its First Anniversary, the GDPR Gets Predictably Varied Reviews

Written by ARMA International on May 8, 2019. Posted in Compliance, Content Strategy, Data Governance, Digital Transformation, Europe, Information Governance, Information Security (Information Protection), Legal, Privacy.

Later this month, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will mark its one-year anniversary, and multiple news outlets are chiming in with commentary on the impact of the landmark law. Legaltechnews, for instance, reports on an IAPP...

How to Break the Mold of Negativity Around IM Policies

Written by Lewis Eisen on April 30, 2019. Posted in Change Management, Compliance, Content, Information Governance, Information Management, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology.

Most people associate IM policies with notions like requirements and restrictions. Those connotations are unfortunate because that’s not what writing rules is about. Written properly, rules are primarily about getting clarity and about target...

Mapping Document Management Processes (Leveraging an Information Lifecycle)

Written by ARMA International on April 23, 2019. Posted in Archiving, Capture, Collaboration, Data Storage, Discovery / eDiscovery, Disposition, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Process Management.

(The following is an excerpt from an ARMA White Paper “Reviving Document Management: How the Knowledge and Experience of Document Management Can be Leveraged for Organizational Improvement“, sponsored by Access.) Processes...

Establishing a Collaboration Process to Bolster Knowledge Management

Written by Stan Garfield on April 16, 2019. Posted in Collaboration, Communications, Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Process Management.

Collaboration: interacting with peers and colleagues to exchange ideas, share experiences, work together on projects, and solve problems. Work teams, project teams, and communities need a consistent way to share their knowledge, coordinate their...

Mind Tools for Managers: A Crash Course in Effective Management Skills

Written by Charity Whan on April 9, 2019. Posted in Change Management, Education, Leadership & Management Skills, Review.

Mind Tools for Managers: 100 Ways to Be a Better Boss focuses on identifying the complete list of skills that managers can master to be better leaders in their organizations. The authors provide working professionals with practical advice for these...

ARMA Q&A: GDPR Regulations and Electronic Records

Written by Stuart Rennie on April 2, 2019. Posted in Communications, Data, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Storage, Europe, Privacy, Social Media.

Question: “What are the GDPR regulations for personal data in electronic records such as social media, video, and instant messages?” Answer: Since May 28, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) (2016/679) (GDPR) has...

Utah to Become Leader in Digital Privacy

Written by ARMA International on March 25, 2019. Posted in Communications, Information Access, News & Analysis.

The Utah legislature just passed landmark legislation in support of a privacy law that protects private electronic data stored with third parties (like Google and Facebook) from free-range government access. Molly Davis, in an opinion piece on...

‘Alexa, Fix My Records!’ A Look at AI in the Information Profession

Written by Jeff Hutchings on March 19, 2019. Posted in Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Content Analytics, Data Analytics, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Electronic Records Management, Information Analytics, Information Governance, Information Management, Machine Learning, Manufacturing, Metadata, Records, Records Management.

To many people, “artificial intelligence” is a bit of an oxymoron. It is the suggestion that we can create something that then can be creative on its own. If intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills, requiring a measure...

The Next Internet: Will it Serve the Public’s Interest?

Written by Marc Kosciejew, PhD on March 14, 2019. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud, Content, Data, Digital Transformation, Information Science, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology, Internet of Things (IoT, Connected Devices), Machine Learning, Web Content Management.

The Next Internet has arrived. The Internet of previous years has been replaced by a new iteration that is profoundly changing the digital landscape. In Becoming Digital: Toward a Post-Internet Society, Vincent Mosco introduces the Next Internet by...

Migrating Legacy Records – a Case Study

Written by Uta Fox, CRM, FAI on March 12, 2019. Posted in Compliance, Data Storage, Electronic Records Management, Information Technology, Migration, Project Management, Records, Records Management, Records Strategy, Vital Records.

Organizations that maintain electronic records systems may at some point need to undertake either a records conversion or migration to address software obsolescence. This article discusses how the Calgary Police Service’s (CPS) records and information...