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ARMA International (formerly the Association of Records Managers and Administrators) is a
not-for-profit
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While not-for-profit organizations and Nonprofit organ ...
(charitable) membership association for information professionals – primarily
information management
Information management (IM) is the appropriate and optimized capture, storage, retrieval, and use of information. It may be personal information management or organizational. Information management for organizations concerns a cycle of organiz ...
(including
records management
Records management, also known as records and information management, is an organizational function devoted to the information management, management of information in an organization throughout its records life-cycle, life cycle, from the time of ...
) and
information governance
Information governance, or IG, is the overall strategy for information at an organization. Information governance balances the risk that information presents with the value that information provides. Information governance helps with legal compli ...
, and related industry practitioners and vendors. The association provides educational opportunities and publications covering aspects of information management broadly.
Overview
The Association was founded in 1955. In 1975, the Association of Records Executives and Administrators (AREA) and the American Records Management Association merged to form ARMA International. The headquarters for ARMA International is located in
Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Park ( ) is the largest city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and the List of cities in Kansas#Highest population listing, second-most populous city in the state of Kansas. It is one of four principal city, principal cities in ...
.
ARMA International services professionals in the United States, Tokyo, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Its members include records managers, attorneys, information technology professionals, consultants, and archivists involved in various aspects of managing records and information assets.
ARMA hosts an annual conference with the goal of bringing together record and information management professionals from around the world – In 2023, ARMA hosted conferences in both the United States and Canada.
Topics addressed in the 120+ educational sessions include advanced technology, creating information structure,
ediscovery
Electronic discovery (also ediscovery or e-discovery) refers to discovery (law), discovery in legal proceedings such as litigation, government investigations, or Freedom of information laws by country, Freedom of Information Act requests, where t ...
and information law, information management fundamentals, information
project management
Project management is the process of supervising the work of a Project team, team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project initiation documentation, project documentation, crea ...
, and reducing organizational information risk. The expo features exhibitors displaying records and information technologies, products, and services.
See also
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Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles The Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (The Principles) were created by ARMA International as a common set of principles that describe the conditions under which business records and related information should be maintained.
The Principl ...
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Alma K. Ledig (ARMA president, 1962–1963)
References
External links
ARMA International official website
Information science
Archivist associations
Professional associations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1955
1955 establishments in Kansas
History organizations based in the United States
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