Hey Bryant! We missed you at MER - maybe next year?
Anyway, the reason for it being included in this instance is because
the conference is specifically focused on the management of electronic
records. Paper is out of scope (mostly).
IMO, the distinction is still quite vaid in general too. Managing
paper records is different than managing their electronic brethren.
Retention schedules are media neutral, but that doesn't mean media can
be ignored. Each have traits and characteristics that need to be
dealt with. PLUS, paper is still alive and well, so we can't simply
just ignore it (which I'm not saying you were implying).
Now, if you want to pose that same question with regard to
Discovery ... I'm right there with you!
Julie
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On May 19, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Bryant Duhon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As I was noticing the occasional tweets from the MER conference, I
> started
> wondering -- why is the "electronic" needed in between "managing" and
> "records"? (This isn't a crack at Bob Cohasset or the conference
> itself,
> which I've always wanted to attend.)
>
> We're a good 15 years into the realization that electronic documents,
> emails, blogs, maybe even Tweets are all records. As I've learned
> over the
> years (from many of you in fact), the content makes the record a
> record. The
> container is (somewhat) irrelevant.
>
> And, yeah, we're guilty of it too. AIIM has both the "Electronic" RM
> programs and the Electronic Records Management community as well
> (www.ermcommunity.org).
>
> So why is that "Electronic" still needed?
>
> Is it just a habit now or is there still a mindset that the only real
> records are ones you can put your hands on, not bits and bytes
> accessible by
> fingers on a keyboard?
>
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