2.2.1 Professional Organizations (Records Management)
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This article is from the Records Management FAQ, by Bryan Carbonnell mbrmfaq@geocities.com and Douglas Johnson johnson_d@ohm.com with numerous contributions by others.
2.2.1 Professional Organizations (Records Management)
ARMA - Association of Records Managers and Administrators, International
The Association of Records Managers and Administrators,
International Is a professional organization for persons in the
expanding field of records and information management. There are more
than 10,000 members throughout the United States and Canada, New
Zealand, Japan and some 35 other countries. Membership benefits
include an annual conference, subscription to Records Management
Quarterly, a newsletter, job hotline and member discount on a wide
variety of publications offered by ARMA. You need not be a member to
order publications or to receive a catalog. For more information
write:
ARMA International
4200 Somerset Drive
Suite 215
Prairie Village, Kansas 66208
76015.3151@Compuserve.com
or call 1-800-422-2762
HomePage: http://www.arma.org/hq/
AIIM - The Association for Information and Image Management
The Association for Information and Image Management has a mail
order bookstore that offers publications, standards, and tools that
apply to every facet of Records Management from hard copy filing to
electronic imaging. You can order a catalogue at:
AIIM Bookstore
1100 Wayne Ave
Suite 1100
Silver Spring, MD 20910-5699
or call 301-587-8202
HomePage: http://www.aiim.org/
ICRM - Institute of Certified Records Managers
The Institute of Records Managers is an international certifying
organization of and for the professional records and information
manager. The ICRM was established in 1975 to meet the need to have a
standard by which persons involved in records and information
management could be measured, accredited and recognized according to
criteria and capabilities established by their peers. This standard is
known as Certified Records Manager (CRM).
Attaining the CRM certification requires fulfilling the requirements
based on educational background, professional work experience and
successful completion of a six-part examination conducted by the ICRM.
There is also a five-year recertification cycle.
If you wish further information on the ICRM or the CRM designation,
please write:
ICRM Secretary
P.O. Box 8188
Prarie Village, KS 66208
or call 1-800-825-4276
NIRMA - Nuclear Information and Records Management Association
NIRMA is, as the name implies, an Association for the Nuclear
Industry. For more information please write:
NIRMA Administrative Office
10 Almas Road
Windham, NH, 03087
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