Elizabeth
Sorry, the records management began before-before "efficiency movement of the early part of the 20th century".
By the way, "access" to "organized" information was one of the demands during French Revolution
Alex
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Hi Mark,
The Records Management "movement" grew out of the efficiency movement of the early part of the 20th century. Efficiency experts abounded, and the military was also included in the government interest in improving efficiency in its offices, and so studies were undertaken. Out of this, in the 1920's grew an effort to approach the handling of records in a new, more efficient way. The father of modern records management, Leahy, was a naval officer who had been placed in charge of this movement in Washington DC, and he was brought aboard the National Archives planning team as it attempted to make sense of the records of federal offices that were being gathered for appraisal by the team who would then place archival records within the National Archives. The strategies that were born during this process became the backbone of modern records management in the U.S.
Hope this helps.
Elizabeth
A.S. Elizabeth Fairfax, MA,CA
ACA Certified Archivist/Public Records Professional
Island County Archives, Records and Information Management Program
P.O. Box 5000
1 NE 7th Street
Coupeville, WA 98239
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Subject: [RM] Nebraska Proclamation, History of RIM
Nebraska Governor, Dave Heineman, will be signing a proclamation on Wednesday honoring ARMA Nebraska for 50 years of operation. I have been offered the opportunity to give a 1-minute speech regarding our proclamation.
I think I can speak for current events and direction of the industry as well as benefits for developing a Records Information Management program. However, I'd like to splash a bit of historical information about the history of RIM. Does anyone have resources or information about the history of RIM? What were common records management problems in the 40's and 50's that led to formation of formalized records information management practices?
Again, this is a 1-minutes speech and I'm from Nebraska, so I don't speak incredibly fast :-) I'm just looking for quick, interesting facts or stories.
Thanks!!!
Mark Graves
President, Nebraska Chapter of ARMA International, Inc.
Omaha, NE
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