I'm not really that put out by the idea of the advances in information technology and the fluidity of information. Why? Because I don't really look at is a as a bunch of unbridled information flying around in the ether. Rather, I look at it this way: every one of these types of information was created by a system that creates the data. And so the data can potentially be managed by the creating system or ingested into a managing system or both. It is and will always be our job to expound, promote, and actuate the standard principles to properly manage those systems, whatever they may be. 

I wonder if 40 years ago, (or whenever) the RIM profession would have answered the question of "How do we deal with electronic records?" with simply, "Put them in a managed system." would our perceived lot be better now? Instead of floundering over how to translate our paper practices to digital records, we could have spoken with one voice and provided a star for all of our organizations to follow and been in more control of the management systems that have come out in the decades since. 

Our profession and how we accomplish the goal of helping our organizations manage their information will change as technology changes, but really, that condition exists for nearly every profession you can name. Doesn't it?

Gary Link 
Pittsburgh, PA
"Keep calm and put it in a manages system."




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