Records Managers — Save Your Jobs
Interesting point of view …
As records management and autoclassification technologies automate and evolve, records managers question if they have a future. Will such a position be necessary in an automated world? Can a records manager continue to add value to an organization? Despite the notion that records managers are a dying breed, those who hold this position currently can prove their value by showcasing their knowledge of compliance regulations, a businessperson’s utilization of information, the technologies that enforce information retention, and their ability to bring those three things together in execution.
Did you read the article? What did you make of the analysis?
Adam,
No I did not read the whole document yet and I don’t know if I have access to this specific research.
My reason for linking it is primairly that it hints changes in the roles of records managers in the (near) future.
I don’t think these roles will disapear as there’s still a gazillion (I hope this indicates a lot in English)paper archives out there and these are poart of the rcords manahement scope. Point is these jobs will change.
1,5 years ago I did a keynote on a congres of records managers (“archivers”) for local government in The Netherlands. 80% or more of the tasks of these people had to do with paper archiving at that time. When you look at the sheer hrowth of electronic documents their jobs will chnage and I think more than 50% will not make the transition …