Records Retrieval and Information Governance - A Personal Example
John Mancini

By: John Mancini on January 26th, 2017

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Records Retrieval and Information Governance - A Personal Example

Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Screen Shot 2017-01-25 at 2.50.22 PM.pngI was working in my home office yesterday, and during a conference call, happened to look up at my bookshelf and saw what appeared to be a VHS tape.

Marveling at both my eyesight and my tendency to save stuff because we might need it "someday" - which is also the information governance strategy many organizations employ - I took it off the shelf, dusted it off, and gave it a look.

The title was intriguing - Images of Change - as was the creator - AIIM - and the date - 1989, seven years before I got there. And given that we've been engaged recently in a bit of an industry history quest, as well as searching for intriguing AIIM Conference #TBT posts, I decided last night to embark on a quest to our basement and see if we still owned any devices upon which to play this VHS beast and see what was on this tape.

Low and behold, in another testimony to my "someday" skills, I found an old GoVideo player, hooked it up to the TV, positioned my phone in front of the TV to capture the video, posted the video to Youtube, and voila -- digital preservation. Well, sort of.

Here are some of my favorite parts in the movie:

  1. Transmitting images via what was likely a 4800 bit/second modem.  This must certainly have been fun.
  2. No email or web CTAs for more information on AIIM ("Call us or write us for more information.")
  3. The mean guy who thought he had been "stood up" for the appointment.
  4. The curious fact that the main character goes to Dulles Airport to fly to Washington, DC.
  5. Re the medical scene, this was obviously pre-HIPAA.
  6. The cucumber-cool "Murder, She Wrote" jewelry lady.
  7. The Guy With the Spider Tattoo.
  8. They had secretaries.

 

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About John Mancini

John Mancini is the President of Content Results, LLC and the Past President of AIIM. He is a well-known author, speaker, and advisor on information management, digital transformation and intelligent automation. John is a frequent keynote speaker and author of more than 30 eBooks on a variety of topics. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as jmancini77. Recent keynote topics include: The Stairway to Digital Transformation Navigating Disruptive Waters — 4 Things You Need to Know to Build Your Digital Transformation Strategy Getting Ahead of the Digital Transformation Curve Viewing Information Management Through a New Lens Digital Disruption: 6 Strategies to Avoid Being “Blockbustered” Specialties: Keynote speaker and writer on AI, RPA, intelligent Information Management, Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation. Consensus-building with Boards to create strategic focus, action, and accountability. Extensive public speaking and public relations work Conversant and experienced in major technology issues and trends. Expert on inbound and content marketing, particularly in an association environment and on the Hubspot platform. John is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, and holds an M.A. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.