August 27, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AIIM and ICRM Partner to Strengthen Career Paths for Records and Information Professionals
Silver Spring, MD – The Association for Intelligent Information Management (AIIM) and Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM) announced a new partnership. The agreement gives members of both organizations more direct access to each other's certifications, events, and professional resources.
Records and information management professionals often work across both associations over the course of a career, and this partnership is designed to help those members. Through the partnership, AIIM will promote ICRM's CRM and CRA certifications to its community and ICRM will promote AIIM's Certified Information Professional (CIP) credential and events to its members. Both organizations will offer continuing education credit for the other's educational programs, pending approval.
The two organizations will also raise each other's visibility. AIIM will feature the ICRM logo and partnership status on its partner webpage, list ICRM among its event partners, and recognize ICRM as an affiliate partner in relevant communications. ICRM will feature the AIIM logo in its newsletter and recognize AIIM as a strategic partner in its own communications. Both organizations will promote the partnership through social media and newsletters.
Members will see a direct financial benefit as well. AIIM will offer a 20 percent discount on membership dues to active ICRM members, and ICRM will offer a 50 percent discount on certification application fees to active AIIM members.
"This partnership gives our members a clearer path between two credentials, but it's really an avenue for collaboration and support," said Tori Miller Liu, President and CEO of AIIM. "AIIM and ICRM are working toward the same goals: advancing records and information management practice and elevating the practitioners who do this work every day."
"This partnership puts CRM and CRA credentials in front of a broader community of information professionals, and gives them a real way to build a records management foundation into their own practice," said Wendy McLain, MLIS, CRM, President of ICRM.
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About the Institute of Certified Records Managers
The Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM) is an international certifying organization of and for professional records and information managers. ICRM was incorporated in 1975 to meet the requirement to have a standard by which persons involved in records and information management could be measured, accredited and recognized according to criteria of experience and capability established by their peers. The primary mission of ICRM is to certify records and information management professionals as Certified Records Managers (CRM) and Certified Records Analysts (CRA), including specialty designations, and to administer a certification maintenance program that ensures its members remain current in this dynamic field. ICRM serves as the certifying body for records and information management (RIM) professionals and the Nuclear Information and Records Management Association (NIRMA). Learn more about ICRM at https://www.icrm.org/about.
About the Association for Intelligent Information Management
Founded in 1944, the Association for Intelligent Information Management (AIIM) is a nonprofit organization serving information leaders in over 67 countries worldwide. AIIM's vision is to create a world where every organization benefits from intelligent information and data management to achieve better business outcomes. AIIM helps information leaders manage and prepare unstructured data for AI and automation by providing advice, certification, training, and peer-to-peer support. Through practical and approachable resources, AIIM enables organizations to leverage their information assets effectively, ultimately leading to improved business performance and success. Learn more about AIIM at https://www.aiim.org/.
Contact
Shelly Strickland
AIIM International
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