I think as we use new technology such as Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, it seems as 
though the lines may be getting blurred even more as to what's business and 
what's personal and as today's youth enter the workforce, that trend may be 
growing. So, in a few years, it might not be as easy to say to an employee, 
keep personal records away from work because they have become so 
integrated into the fabric of our workforce and even society. (Can you easily 
refuse a friend request on Facebook for a professional contact or refus a 
personal contact on LinkedIn to keep work and personal separate?) The 
challenges then become privacy, how to pick out the "record" from the noise, 
and how to adapt our practices to a changing culture yet still be compliant. 

Yes, similar arguments can be said for the "previous" generation coming in 
contact with "this" generation, but one of the main ways we've survived in the 
profession is to adapt to the changing times. When I started in the industry 
(as a toddler?) over 20 years ago, the norm was file level inventories, long 
retention schedules and rigid, paper-based practices. I still remember the 
radical tactic of NOT necessarily creating a file level inventory in every 
department and getting department sign off on series disposal vs. specific file 
sign off. Scary at the time, but now, more mainstream. Those who ignored 
electronic records may have found themselves banished to the basement or 
warehouse, or worse, found themselves jobless. We've had to change and 
grow, and in many instances, it's for the better. The profession is now seen as 
a legitimate, critical profession, not just about document storage. 

Anyway, this is a long-winded way of saying that it may not be so cut and 
dried or easy to say keep everything separate. Or, to use one of the 
profession's favorite phrases, "It depends".

Opinions my own and not those of my employer...

Laurie Carpenter, CRM
Burbank, CA

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