Dear Trish,
I'm with you! Outside of our realm no one know what the heck IRM, RIM or
ERM (electric records management) is. Most people have some knowledge of
what a record is. (Not 78's or 45's!) Jargon-speak is tough to get away
from. I have a daily Dilbert calendar that reminds me to keep away from
things that are not straight forward.
Charlie
Charlie Sodano, PhD
Senior Consultant
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Subject: Re: IRM vs RIM
Suzanne,
First it was "Files", then "Records Management", "IRM" came next, then
changed to "RIM".
I agree with you, of the two, I prefer IRM to RIM. But I am an
old-timer, and I still use the term "Records Management" when I discuss
it with clients or cohorts. "Information", whether in IRM or RIM, seems
to need explanation or not use the acronyms at all; folks (non-RMers)
seem to understand "Records Management."
Working for a Government contracting company puts me coming from a
different place than you. When I have an occasion to talk records
management with someone it is because that person has come to me to
learn about records management. Either it is another person in my
company who wants to know if something involving records management has
relevance to our company, or it is a client who wants my company to do
something for them that involves records.
I don't know if this helps you...but it is another angle.
Trish Broud
Analyst
SRA International
202/777-9740
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Sent: Friday, 25 January 2008 9:15 AM
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Subject: [RM] IRM vs RIM
...Why is the term Records and Information Management (RIM) more
commonly used than Information and Records Management (IRM)? To my mind,
information is the parent (records being a subset of information) and
should therefore come first. "RIM" has always felt to me like a term
created with the goal of getting the non-believers to pay more attention
to and have more respect and appreciation for the discipline. ...
This is not a trivial issue. It affects how others perceive our value
and how we interact with other key information stakeholders (e.g.,
Information Technology, Information Security) in the course of our work.
Suzanne
Suzanne Mrozak | Associate Director | Global Information and Records
Management
Genzyme Corporation | 500 Kendall Street Cambridge, MA 02142 |
617-768-6549
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