Records Managers and Archivists: Overlap and Distinctions

Records Managers and Archivists: Overlap and Distinctions

Reading Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds As the need for professionals to manage information grows, there’s an increasing desire to define the different roles required to do so effectively. Businesses are data-driven and rely heavily on information to make crucial...
How Do You Define the Role of a Records and Information Manager?

How Do You Define the Role of a Records and Information Manager?

Reading Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds If you’re a records manager, how do you explain your profession to the curious? If pressed for why you became a records manager, do you have a go-to answer? If you’re like many records managers, you probably have a unique background,...
Spooky Tales of Information Governance Noncompliance

Spooky Tales of Information Governance Noncompliance

eading time: 2 minutes 30 seconds It’s almost Halloween, that time of year when many of us enjoy a good scare. However, one kind of fright no company wants to wake up to is the dark, dreaded monster of noncompliance. We often discuss household names when they face...
Pre-Employment Records Are Records Too

Pre-Employment Records Are Records Too

Read Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds Like every organization, you’re in the business of hiring. So, what if an applicant doesn’t quite make the cut? After you send the letdown email or make the call to the hopeful candidate, you probably have some common next steps. Do you...
Records Management in the Movies

Records Management in the Movies

Create a Super(hero) Disaster Recovery Plan If you’re like me, you often “marvel” at the large-scale destruction wrought on major cities during the epic fight scenes in superhero movies. But if you’re also an IG professional, you may wonder how businesses in places...