Blog Entries By Julie Gable

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Office of Record – Poor Man’s De-duplication

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In an electronic age, the idea of Office of Record is about as quaint as hats for women at weddings.  But don’t sell the idea short.  It has the power to eliminate confusion, not to mention needles... read more

Records, Reputation and Risk

E-discovery gets all the blog space these days because it is dramatic in terms of costs and legal implications.  And everybody is aware of the role that records play in e-discovery.  But far mo... read more

Are Standards Useful?

It depends on the expectation.  If you’re looking for a cookbook that tells you exactly what ingredients to combine in what proportion to produce a records management program, you’re going to be di... read more

Hopeless? Records Management for Email

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Is it ever going to be possible to manage emails as records?  I’m beginning to wonder.  There are at least five viewpoints regarding the purpose, value, threat and burden of email, each with its ow... read more

AIIM in Review: Good, Bad, and What Should be Different

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Unlike many other attendees, I had no airline or per diem expenses for last week’s AIIM conference because I live in Philadelphia and the convention center is a half-hour train ride away. I figured... read more

File Plans Simplified

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A file plan or classification scheme is a basic building block for successful ERM. The file plan is a category hierarchy, usually presented conceptually as nested folders. Place a record in the fol... read more

ERM Elements from the Inside Out

If you’re doing ERM, chances are you either volunteered for it, were assigned to it, or incredibly, actually chose the field because you’re interested in it. You may be an IT person, a lawyer, a co... read more

Who’s Julie Gable and Why Should You Listen to Her?

First, I’m an independent consultant, which means that I don’t sell hardware or software and I don’t take finders fees from people who do. It allows me to be objective about what I see, specify, an... read more