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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Sometimes the questions are complicated
and the answers are simple.
                       Dr. Seuss


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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