Records – ARMA Magazine

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....

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...

Big Bucket Retention: Objectives, Issues, Outcomes

Written by William Saffady, Ph.D, FAI on December 7, 2018. Posted in Electronic Records Management, Records, Records Management, Records Strategy, Retention, Retention Management.

Fifteen years after its introduction by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration as a strategy for improving federal agencies recordkeeping performance, the big bucket approach to record retention is in common use. This article summarizes...