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Information Governance  |  Information Security  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

A Contract Manager and an Information Professional Walked Into a Bar...

....and it turns out they had a lot more in common than either of them expected. Did you know that Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) is the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time, pulling in over $1.33 billion worldwide? There is something magical about what happens when two beloved characters from different worlds finally share the screen. As it turns out, the same principle applies to different, but related practices. On May 14, AIIM and the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) co-hosted a free webinar called Better Together: Building Understanding Between Contract Management and Information Governance. In my previous post, I made the case for why these two disciplines need to work more closely together. This post is about what happened when they actually did.

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)  |  Women in Information Management (WIIM)

Why Cultural Context Matters in Information Management

We tend to assume that data and information are binary, neutral, free of context or interpretation. But that assumption is wrong. Data carries cultural context, and information professionals working globally need to understand that.

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14 Steps to a Successful ECM Implementation

Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.

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Information Governance

Are We Treating Contracts Like Information Assets?

Most organizations have contract management and information governance operating in separate worlds. Here's why that matters, and what we're doing about it.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)  |  Women in Information Management (WIIM)

Purpose Over Position: A Mindset Shift for Information Professionals

Information professionals spend a lot of energy wondering where they belong. Are we IT? Are we business? But here's what I've learned: that question is a distraction. The more useful question is simpler and more grounding: What problem are we actually solving, and for whom?

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  |  PDF

Why Information Managers Should Care How AI Handles PDF

The PDF Association recently published FAQ: AI and PDF, a freely available resource designed to clear up some widespread misconceptions about how AI systems should handle PDF documents. It's aimed at journalists, analysts, and policy-makers who may not have deep expertise in PDF technology, but the content has direct relevance for information professionals, who are often the ones deciding how documents get prepared, stored, and fed into AI pipelines.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  |  Information Governance

Breaking the "Cannot Mindset": Lessons for Government Information Professionals from DGI's EDRM Conference

I spent March 19 at DGI's E-Discovery, Records, and Information Management Conference, where AIIM is a proud partner. Three themes kept surfacing across sessions: the traditional boundaries between our fields are disappearing, governance needs to shift from compliance to value, and data is at the center of everything we're trying to do with AI.

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