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Bernard Chester <[log in to unmask]>
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Bryant:

We prefer to talk about electronic recordkeeping, which recognizes that all records are not or will ever be electronic.  Instead, the focus is on a unified view and tools to manage them no matter the format.

However, electronic records has been a game changer in the records management field, do the most managers not having a technology background, and IT having control of the records and the applications which create them.


Bernard Chester, CDIA+, ICP, EDP
Principal Consultant
IMERGE Consulting, Pacific Northwest Office
7683 SE 27 Street, #316
Mercer Island, WA, 98040
Office: 206-230-9253; Mobile: 206-979-7389



-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bryant Duhon
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:13 AM
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Subject: "Electronic" Records Management

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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