Dear Carolyn,
Thank you so much for your informative response. We are working on a
policy for the same reason - time to get rid of some of those off-site
boxes!
I will check out that book you mentioned - it sounds very helpful.
Take care!
Abigail F. Ellsworth Ross
Informational Resources Manager
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Carolyn Smith
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Statistics and Implementation Tips
Greetings from the midwest!!
My name is Carolyn Smith with the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale in
St.
Louis. I have been on the listserv for about a month. In 2000 our
firm implemented a Records Retention and Disposition Policy. ARMA has
a great deal of resources; i.e., books, articles, etc. that will
prove beneficial to you in conducting your research. Our Firm is over
100 years old and and one of the primary reasons for establishing the
policy was a cost savings measure -- paying recurring storage costs
for boxes.
In our initial retrieval of boxes, we found the announcement
establishing the Firm. I obtained a book from ARMA entitled Records
Management in the Legal Environment, A Handbook of Practice and
Procedure, Published in 2003; Jean Barr, CRM; Beth Chiaiese, CRM, and
Lee Nemchek, CRM are the authors. One important factor that probably
assisted in acceptance of the policy is the fact that our Managing
Partner and Management Committee were on board. This year we are
working to implement an Electronic Document Management System.
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Ross, Abigail E.
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Statistics and Implementation Tips
Hello fellow records managers!
I have two questions and I am hoping you all can help. I have not
been able to find anything useful on ARMA or in the archives of this
listserv so any suggestions you all might have on where I can find
this information would be very much appreciated!
1) Does anyone have any statistics on how many law firms have record
retention policies? I would assume quite a few, but I have been asked
for some hard numbers and I have not been able to find them.
2) Does anyone have any literature (published articles) they can point
me to, that discuss implementing a new retention/destruction policy? I
have spoken with several other managers and they have all mentioned,
anecdotally, how difficult it can be to roll out a new policy -
getting the buy-in of your users, particularly upper management,
sorting out the bugs of implementation, etc. - but I need something a
little more concrete to show that yes, it is difficult and we should
expect some resistance but that it's all worth it in the end.
Thank you all so much - the archives of this list have been invaluable
today!
Abigail F. Ellsworth Ross
Informational Resources Manager
tel: 202.434.4148 | fax: 202.434.4646 | [log in to unmask]
1001 G Street, N.W., Suite 500 West | Washington, D.C. 20001
Keller and Heckman LLP
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Visit our websites at www.khlaw.com or www.packaginglaw.com for
additional information on Keller and Heckman.
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