What Are the Skills Needed for Records Managers to Transition to Electronic Record-keeping?

What Are the Skills Needed for Records Managers to Transition to Electronic Record-keeping?

A pair of hands typing on a keyboard with a digital file system overlayThe U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has set an incredibly ambitious deadline for the federal government’s digitization effort: all records must be submitted in digital format by the end of 2022. And unfortunately, this mandate did not provide for a dedicated budget or other resources to meet this goal.

And yet, this situation may not even be the biggest challenge in modern recordkeeping! Records management is changing fast. The effort to go digital itself represents one of the ways in which the field is evolving. But are the skillsets for records managers and records management staff keeping up? Everyone involved in information and records management must have a broader skill set than ever.

Read the full post on our TransAccessDM blog to learn about the skillsets records managers will need to transition to electronic records-keeping.