Add another myth to the collection. We are in a wonderful profession that experinces a constant
changes in technologies and their impact on RIM. Remember we are a profesion of media as well 
and we may not hold the paper in hand, but the record remains nevertheless and its management
will always be present. Our profession will always be needed so bring on your endless array of 
technologies. 
Bill Benedon
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From: "Larry Medina" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent 9/9/2010 8:43:54 AM
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Subject: Re: Will technology make records managers obsolete? | InContext MagazineI think we used to see this question posed once a year in the past, and we
seem to see it more frequently now with the volume of content management
applications growing.  But if you read things like the OMB and IG reports on
what's happening in Federal Agencies, and other reports on the Private
sector as well... there's a lot of pilots, a lot of attempts to go fully
electronic and do so in an automated manner, but not a lot of major successes.
More recently this question is typically is pondered in combination with new
suggestions of 'the paperless office' which has been a subject in active
cyclic discussions since the early 1980s.
It's always interesting to seek out the pedigree of the author posing these
questions and try to determine what it is they're REALLY talking about or
seeking.  About 4-5 years ago, most of these pieces were from the strictly
IT set, and the desire was to draw out RMs to do battle.
The intent of the battle was to get the RMs to show all of their weapons
(tools) and strategies (practices) for waging war against the changing
landscape of managing information.  Kind of reminded me of the early 1900s
when people wanted to pit horses against the horseless carriage to show how
progress would inevitably win out. =)
I used to engage these people until I realized that they were essentially
'shouting at the rain' and expecting it to stop. Sure, there are automated
mechanisms to locate information once it gets into an application and it has
been properly indexed and assigned the appropriate metadata, and the tables
and rules have been built to categorize (please don't say 'classify') it and
manage it in accordance with policy and requirements... but who does this?
There are many other things that RIM practitioners and professionals do as
well.  And while it may be hard for some to believe... not ALL information
is electronic!
So I won't get into the fray any longer, wouldn't be prudent... I think if
these people REALLY want to find out about the knowledge, skills and
abilities of an RIM they should spend some time walking in their shoes.
Larry
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