I have to agree it is a lack of understanding about RM.  My position 
requires a degree, a GED.  Yet, the position is required to act as the 
central Records Manger for a State Wide agency.

Currently my employer is benefiting from my twenty years of experience and 
I believe all the graduate level courses in Library Science, Archives and 
Museum studies.  If nothing else, the course work gave me a body of 
knowledge to fall back on.  I have been able to learn from others mistakes 
and their successes.  Maybe that is the benefit of education, the 
knowledge of what has been tried before.

For what it’s worth, my 11¢

Felicia L. Moss
Records Manager
Department of Corrections
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On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:04:40 -0400, Robert Soutar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Is it a lack of understanding of the RM field by those that do not know
>much about it?  Is it because of the lack of a truly recognized RM or IM 
Profession?
>
>A combination of all of the above?
>
>Bob.
>

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