>
> Peter, any way you can point to the original tweet(s) so I don't lose the
> context?
>
> From your paraphrasing, my brief responses:
>
> Has the Records management profession held decades-long
discussions about controlling entry to the field similar to the discussions
in the archives profession?

JW: I don't think it has, though there has been a subset of ICRM/ARMA
people who have talked about requiring CRM to be a records manager over the
years - this thankfully has gone nowhere. Perhaps more importantly, why
would anyone want to limit entry to the field? Most other fields where
entry is artificially limited, e.g. by certification or licensure
requirements, are simply demonstrating rentseeking by incumbents. That is,
dentists want the very profitable tooth-whitening business, so they seek a
requirement for tooth-whitening to only be performed by dentists.
Established hairdressers don't care for competition by part-timers etc. so
they support hairdressing licensure. And so on.

is entry to RM limited by certifications?
JW: Of course not.

a follow up question on twitter wondered "why are we still making these RM
v Archivist distinctions for careers?"
JW: Full disclosure, I am not an archivist. And I think in the US we make
more of a distinction than in other countries. But in my limited
understanding of the discipline, archivists focus more on documents of
enduring value where records managers focus more on business records of
present/ongoing operational value. There is some overlap to be sure, but I
would never describe myself as an archivist whereas I am quite comfortable
describing myself as a records manager.

Does a digital archivist require more training than a records manager?
JW: No, if you stipulate that a digital archivist doesn't need to know many
of the things a traditional archivist would regarding preservation and
restoration of physical information objects. A modern records manager, like
a digital archivist, needs a thorough understanding of the technologies
used to create and manage digital information objects of varying complexity
- text files to 3D CAD drawings to everything else.

My tuppence on a chilly and foggy Colorado afternoon,

Jesse Wilkins, CIP, CRM, IGP
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