Professional Associations

ARMA International

ARMA International is a not-for-profit association serving records and information managers, archivists, corporate librarians, imaging specialists, legal professionals, knowledge managers, consultants, and educators. ARMA enables them to use their skills and experience to leverage the value of records, information, and knowledge as corporate assets and as contributors to organizational success.

ALA - Association of Legal Administrators

The Association of Legal Administrators' mission is to improve the quality of management in legal services organizations; promote and enhance the competence and professionalism of legal administrators and all members of the management team; and represent professional legal management and managers to the legal community and to the community at large.

ICRM - Institute of Certified Records Managers

The Institute of Certified Records Managers (ICRM) is an international certifying organization of and for professional records and information managers. The ICRM was incorporated in 1975 to meet the requirement to have a standard by which persons involved in records and information management could be measured, accredited and recognized according to criteria of experience and capability established by their peers.

ACA - Academy of Certified Archivists

The Academy of Certified Archivists promotes fundamental standards of professional archival practice.

NIRMA - Nuclear Information and Records Management Association

The Nuclear Information and Records Management Association (NIRMA) is a non-profit, professional association established in 1977. Its goal is to assist individuals and their companies in developing and maintaining the technical foundation required to handle the increased pressures that mark our quickly advancing information age.

BFMA - Business Forms Management Association

BFMA International is the Business Forms Management Association, a global network of form and information systems professionals who use and develop the technologies driving the document systems industry. Our mission is to provide immersive learning, training and networking opportunities that advance the sound, innovative use of forms and documents "both print and electronic" needed for businesses to succeed.

AIIM (Association of Information and Image Managers)

AIIM is the international authority on Enterprise Content Management (ECM), the tools and technologies that capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content in support of business processes.

ACEDS (Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists)

The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), established by The Intriago Group in 2010, is the member organization for professionals in the private and public sectors who work in the field of e-discovery.

Industry Associations

PRISM - Professional Records & Information Services Management

PRISM International (Professional Records & Information Services Management) is the not-for-profit trade association for companies that provide their clients with protection, access, retention, storage and disposal of their vital information.

NAID - National Association for Information Destruction

NAID is the international trade association for companies providing information destruction services.

National and State Records Management Sites

NARA - National Archives and Records Administration

NARA, an independent Federal agency, is America's national recordkeeper.

FRMA - Florida Records Management Association

The Florida Records Management Association is an organization of individuals and agencies involved with or concerned about the management of public records and information in Florida.

Florida Bureau of Archives and Records Management

The Bureau of Archives and Records Management, part of the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services, has statewide responsibility to promote the economical and efficient management of public records.

Society of Florida Archivists

The Society of Florida Archivists is an organization of individuals and institutions who share a concern for the identification, preservation, and use of records of historical value. It is dedicated to the dissemination of information about such records and about sound archival methodology.

Other Sites

Alan Zaben's list of over 3000 Records and Information Management Sites

 

Internet Mailing Lists

Records Management Listserv

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