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Amy Perras
Beyond the Box: Penn Archive Shows Businesses What They Can Do with Records Storage
If you ask the average business manager what they can get out of records storage and management, they may not know what you are talking about. Some will look at it as a hassle, that much is for sure, while others will generally see it as a necessary evil that needs to be dealt with [...]
Courts Often Face a Records Management Quagmire
A quagmire is a swamp. A bog. A soft, mushy, messy patch of earth that is half land, half water and not enough of either to give it clear definition. If you live in New England, you can probably imagine the cranberry bogs that are famously spread throughout the region as a prime example of [...]
Are You Digital Hoarder?
Hoarding is a recognized affliction that forces people to compulsively keep and store items. Until recently, the behavior was reserved for the physical space, as hoarders most commonly cluttered their homes with food and other objects. However, the rise of digital hoarding is now becoming an increasingly serious issue, according to a recent report by [...]
Discovery Requests: Enough to Drive a Sane Records Manager Berserk
As if the lives of records managers aren’t stressful enough – with the responsibilities for storing and maintaining hordes of information – the threat of facing discovery requests and other litigation may be enough to send them over the edge and into full-fledged panic. Per the rules of discovery, you can be forced to dig [...]
Not Your Grandfather’s Records Management
Companies today have got to be jealous when looking back at the records management requirements of yore. Three-quarters of a century ago, organizational records were produced in paper format and regulatory oversight was nowhere near as stringent. That must seem like child’s play for today’s companies that are swimming in the flood of data and [...]
