Aloha Bruce,

I'm definitely NOT contesting your observation that we are running away from the "records" term.  I think we do so avoid being "categorized", as our world has changed.  We are no longer paper based or microfilm based as seen in the past.  Our realm now includes dynamic capture, storage, and distribution.  As such, the lifecycle management has changed dynamically as well.  

The discipline of "records management" still exists with its "methodology" and principles, but the challenges of applying them have expanded beyond our traditional boundaries...

I always tell folks that there is a method to our madness in managing information/records as long as we continue to be bound by operational, legal, and risk considerations.  

Mahalo,

Brian


Brian A. Moriki 
Assistant Vice-President & Manager 
OSD - Records Management Department 
First Hawaiian Bank 

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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce White
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 2:35 AM
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Subject: Re: The Presentation - Principles of Holistic Info Governance

Brian.

I totally understand what you are saying.  But IMHO we seem to be running away from the "records" term.  To your point "not media dependent" - isn't that a basis for how we define what a record is?  It isn't the format but the content that matters - that is what has been run into my brain since the dawn of electronic records.

When I see a presentation like the one PK linked to it makes me wonder.
Everything the author covered are considerations I as a records manager must take into account when implementing a records (and information
management) program.  We've essentially let others highjack our principals.

To paraphrase one of my favorite songs from Billy Joel:
"Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new term (information governance) Funny, but it's still records and information management to me"

Bruce White, CRM, PMP
Virginia Beach, VA
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and the answers are simple.
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On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Records Management <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Aloha Bruce,
>
> Shedding the "Records" stigma has been a discussion point for years 
> within ARMA...Perhaps, it's one of the reasons why the acronym ARMA no 
> longer means Association of Records Managers & Administrators anymore.  
> The primary concern about using the term "records" is its close 
> association with the management of "paper".  I think the use of 
> "information" (which is widely used in Canada for years versus 
> records) is to assert that managing data/content is the focus and not "media" dependent.
>
> Yeah, I guess RM does have a complex and that is getting people to 
> understand that Records Management goes beyond managing paper...
>
> Just my two cents...
>

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