In a message dated 11/2/2004 1:21:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, Bruce White <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Dr. Eugenia Brumm, in her acceptance speech of the Emmett Leahy award (well deserving I might add) in Long Beach, observed that the RM community is not well regarded within academia.   With recognition comes research opportunities as well as $$$.

I agree, but more particularly where should RM be taught? In the Library Science program, what about IT programs or better yet MBA programs.


>Only a handful of courses in records management are offered at the graduate level  and most of these appear to be an afterthought.  And as far as I can tell, no RM program exists, not within the U.S. anyway.

do we really need a separate RM graduate program? (heretic!) or do we need to promote the teaching of the concepts in a variety of programs (see comment above). I would like to see some sort of interdisciplinary program developed that provides the student of RM with knowledge from the business admin, library science and IT worlds.

> Yet I believe it is very difficult to teach the complexities and issues of the RM discipline in one class.

The vast material tested in the CRM process supports your belief. there is no way that all of RM can be taught in one semester.

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>ARMA has an opportunity to champion this effort.

Most definitely

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>more research opportunities will become available and with it, surveys and data that can help all of us in the profession.

I think the research opps are definitely being handled well by the Educational Foundation. What needs to be done is for us to grow the Educational foundation's financial support. once that has been stabilized and enlarged, they can then approach MBA programs to initiate RM studies or research programs.

lots of opportunities.
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Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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