Katie, welcome to a great community and an even better profession!
While I can't comment on the software, I do want to sound a gentle note
of caution:
Before doing any general digitization, remember that keeping digital
files viable for more than 5-10 years is problematic. Records requiring
long-term or persistent retention may be better off left on paper.
Digitization is not right for every record. As Mr. Natural sez, "At
home or at work, the right tool for the right job."
With that in mind, carry on! Hopefully others on the ListServ will
address your software questions.
Best of luck,
Gordy
Gordon E.J. Hoke, CRM
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On 12/8/2010 11:18 AM, Katie Nakanishi wrote:
> Hi everyone,
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> I'm new to the list and extremely new to records management. The position that I'm in now isn't even officially a "records management" position - the company that has hired me just knows that they needed someone to start handling all of their information and documents. Right now, the department that I work in mostly keeps paper files and digital files are stored on shared drive space.
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> I've only been with the company about 3 months, and I only recently graduated with an MLS from Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis. Before this job, I had a summer internship in Records Management - so that's where most of my knowledge base is coming from.
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> To say the least, I'm new and trying to become better informed.
>
> I do have a question for everyone - Has anyone ever heard of Carmen Document Control software, or know anything about its features and functionality? From the information I can gather, it appears to be mostly utilized for document control and not necessarily document management. I would like to start getting our informational paper files digitized and stored in something searchable that would ideally also manage document deletion, etc. I'm trying to determine if this Carmen software (which the company owns) is suitable for starting to digitize documents and store information - or if it's focus is only document control. Would an ERMS or EDMS be more appropriate?
>
> Thoughts?
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