Good afternoon, thanks to all my colleagues who responded to my "Records
Stigma" post.  I appreciate your insight, knowledge and perspective.

Sincerely

Blake E. Richardson, CRM, CIP
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On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Alex Campbell
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> Agreed David & Joshua!
>
> As David stated, if we start calling ourselves "Information Managers," it
> will not be long before we are absorbed by IT (which may,on balance, not be
> the worst thing). Not sure about anyone else but I am still noticing a huge
> amount of credibility to the title of "Records Manager." I guess it all
> depends on the environment you find yourself in. I believe that a good
> place to start is to evolve the entry level titles. At my firm, we no
> longer will have "Records Clerks" but rather "Records Analysts."
>
> I am not sure why there is such a high degree of insecurity in the Records
> world right now. You must all realize that EVERY single operational
> function (HR, IT, ACCOUNTING etc.) is being forced to transform itself. We
> in Records are actually one of the better positioned staff side functions.
> Think about it.
>
>
> Happy Good Friday!
>
> Alexander Campbell
> *Records* Manager
> Cohen & Gresser, LLP
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:09 PM, McLallen, David <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Blake sighed: > referring to the folks in our profession and our
> > departments as "Information
> > > Managers"..
> >
> > As, like many RIM people these days, I am part of the Information
> > Technology department, I still introduce myself as Records Manager, but
> > always say something akin to "I'm the "I" part of "IT." But as confused
> as
> > people get at Records Management, I think there would be worse confusion
> > for Information Management in terms of separating it from I.T.
> >
> > David R. McLallen, ECMp
> > Boulder County Records Manager
> > Boulder, CO
> >
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