I agree that education and training are key. When responding to the
after conference survey this year I asked for education sessions that
would help education within the organization. There is nothing worse, in
my mind of course, than to have a great RIM program and not train staff
in its benefits and responsibilities.

As some of you may know, I teach Records Management on the community
college level. This is a required class for Admin Assistant, Legal
Assistant, and IT certificate programs. There is talk of expanding to
Accounting majors in the near future.

Benay Berl
Records Coordinator
Olivenhain Municipal Water District
Encinitas CA
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 3:21 PM
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Subject: RM Education (was RE: Time to Mange Paper - Follow-up)


I'm inclined to agree with everyone who's chimed in on the subject.
Most executives could benefit from some general RM training as part of
the curriculum in MBA courses, not unlike finance and other similar
topics. RM content would probably be useful to folks pursing a computer
science or management information systems degree, as well.

I don't have a master's degree, yet. I will probably pursue one in
library science.  This is because I don't see any RM specific courses
offered in any other degree plan.  The University of Texas at Austin has
also been careful to add many electronic information based courses to
its curriculum over the past few years.  These offerings appeal to me
more as a prospective student than courses offered in MBA or computer
science degree plans.  I like the well-rounded curriculum a library
science degree offers.  (I should say UT's degree, I haven't looked at
many other schools' curriculums.)

I'm not sure that I would prefer a master's degree focused solely on RM.
My career is in its infancy and I think that having a more generalized
degree couldn't hurt at this point.  However, this is a personal
preference and I certainly understand why others would like to see a
tailored degree plan or just more courses concerning records management.


Alicia Mallory
Records Retention Analyst
Teacher Retirement System of Texas

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