Introduction to Records & Information Management (RIM)
Records information management (RIM) involved the administration of all business records throughout their life cycle. According to the ISO 15489-1:2016 standard, records management activities include "the creation, receipt, maintenance, use and disposition of records, including processes for capturing and maintaining evidence of and information about business activities and transactions in the form of records”
What is Records & Information Management?
Glossary | Glossary of Records Management Terms by Smithsonian Institutional Archives
Wed | Records Management Resources by the University of Victoria
Slides | Records Management: An Introduction by Emerson O. Bryan, CARICAD
Web | Government Records FAQ by the Archives of Manitoba
Handbook | Enterprise Information Management Handbook by GNWT
Article | Dispelling Myths Records Retention in Canada
Article | Why is RIM important? by UNBC
Article | Overall File Management FAQ by SIA
Newsletter | Monthly RIM online viewer by ARMA
Article | What’s most businesses’ missing link? – a filing strategy by Clinton Vallis
Article | Current state of play: records management and the cloud by Katherine Stuart & David Bromage
Article | Managing Records in the Modern Office: Taming the Wild Frontier by John McDonald
Article | Electronic Records Management and Public Accountability: Beyond an Instrumental Approach by Albert Meijer
Article | The impact of information culture on information/records management by Proscovia Svard
Article | Accountability, open government and record keeping by Alistair Tough
Standards in RIM
Information and Documentation Records Management:
Information and Documentation Records Management Processes: Managing Metadata for Records:
Standard | ISO-23081:2006 Principles
Standard | ISO-23081-2:2021 Conceptual & implementation issues
Standard | ISO-23081-3:2011 Self-assessment method
Information Systems for Records:
Standard | ISO 30300
Principles and Functional Requirements for Records in Electronic Office Environments:
Standard | ISO 16175
Information and documentation:
Standard | ISO 13008:2022 Digital records conversion and migration process
Standard | ISO/TR 13028:2010 Implementation guidelines for digitization of records
Standard | ISO 17068:2017 Trusted third party repository for digital records
Information and documentation:
Standard | ISO/TR 26122:2008 Work process analysis for records
Where Do I Begin? Understanding a Record's lifecycle
Handbook | Records & Archive Management Handbook by University of Adelaide
Article | Best Practices for Digital Archiving: An Information Life Cycle Approach by Gail Hodge
Web | Records Management: Vital Records by James Madison University
Web | Records Lifecycle by Ohio State University Libraries