Records – ARMA Magazine

The Gamification of Records Management

Written by Richard Lang on August 18, 2025. Posted in Change Management, Collaboration, Communications, Records.

Aside from those who are in the field, no one thinks records management is fun. It is the office-equivalent of doing laundry or cleaning out the garage. However, for our organizations, having information owners properly retain or dispose of...

Moving Forward: The Audit, Conversion, and Destruction of 14 Million Paper Documents — A Case Study

Written by Karoline Correa on January 27, 2025. Posted in Audit, Capture, Collaboration, Digitization, Disposition, Document Management, Documents, Electronic Records Management, Imaging, Project Management, Records, Records Management, Retention, Retention Management, Scanning, Uncategorized.

A leading global investment firm initiated a project called Digital Forward to facilitate relocating their New York City office and in doing so transitioned to a digital-first workplace, where efficient, searchable digital records would replace paper...

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

Written by Kimberly Johnson on April 28, 2022. Posted in Archiving, Communications, Disaster Recovery, Documents, Physical Records Management, Records, Records Management, Uncategorized.

In the field of records management, there are logistical and large-scale projects that can challenge and perplex RIM professionals. These undertakings require planning, communication, documentation, and collaboration to be successful. In some instances,...

Records Inventory 101:

Written by Lisa Morris on April 11, 2022. Posted in Disposition, Document Management, Electronic Records Management, Records, Records Management, Retention, Retention Management, Uncategorized.

101 Just Sounds Good—There is Nothing Basic About a Records Inventory Introduction In records administration, an inventory is a detailed listing of each record/record series or system, along with a location indicator, and other essential data....

Whitepaper: Are You Stuck in the Past with Your RIM Program and Software?

Written by Sagesse Archives on February 13, 2022. Posted in Records, Records Management.

by Jasmine Boucher, BMgt, CIP SAGESSE VOLUME VII WINTER 2022 – AN ARMA CANADA PUBLICATION View PDF: Are You Stuck in the Past with Your RIM Program and Software? Back to Sagesse Whitepapers Back to Sagesse 2022 Introduction Many...

Which Records Should We Retain in Paper? A Global Guide to Media, Location, and Transfer Compliance

Written by Tom Corey on January 20, 2021. Posted in Compliance, Document Management, Information Governance, Information Management, Physical Records Management, Records, Records Management, Uncategorized.

Just tell me which records we must retain in paper! This is a common frustration among records managers and information governance (IG) professionals. Those responsible for maintaining and producing records want to retain or transfer their records...

Summary – “Blockchain Technology and Recordkeeping”

Written by Alysha Joo, MAS, MLIS on November 21, 2019. Posted in Blockchain, Records, Records Management, Records Strategy.

This article summarizes a report published by AIEF on May 30, 2019. Additionally, the article is included in Information Management Magazine, ARMA-AIEF Special Edition, which will be available for download in November. A printed version of the special...

A Pair of Foundational Concepts

Written by Nick Inglis on June 25, 2019. Posted in Content, Content Management, Content Strategy, Data, Data Governance, Data Management, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Information, Information Governance, Information Management, Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Records, Records Management, Records Strategy.

The following is an excerpt from the ARMA Guide to the Information Profession. Words matter and word choices matter. In any profession that is looking to move forward in maturity, there are often vernacular issues that make gaining a comprehensive...

‘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...

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...