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Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 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
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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Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
People ask me what keeps me excited about information management. It's a fair question—on the surface, organizing records and managing data systems doesn't exactly scream "thrilling career." But here's what they're missing: we're right in the middle of one of the most transformative periods in the history of information work. And information professionals? We're positioned to be the heroes of this story.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Information Governance | Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
I have been reflecting on the evolving role of Information Management (IM) in modern organizations, also reflecting on the company I currently work for as IT Manager Enterprise IM, and one idea keeps coming back to me:
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Capture and Imaging | Compliance | Intelligent Document Processing | Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
Something interesting showed up in our recent 2025 AIIM Industry Watch report, and I can't stop wondering about it. When we looked at how practitioners view information management's future importance, we found a notable shift. In 2024, 72% of respondents believed IM would become more important in the next 12 months. In 2025, that number dropped to 48%. At first glance, that might look like a warning sign. I don't think it is.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Intelligent Document Processing | Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
Earlier this week, I had the privilege of closing out the AI+IM Regional Exchange in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 3, 2026. Hosted by AIIM Training Partner COR Concepts and sponsored by Metrofile, this one-day intensive brought together 50+ practitioners to tackle the real challenges of AI data readiness, intelligent document processing, and information management strategy. Here are some of my key takeaways.
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