About Us
What is Records Management?
'The process by which an organisation manages all the elements of records whether externally or internally generated and in any format or media type, from their inception/receipt, all the way through to their disposal.'
What is the Information and Records Management Society?
The Information and Records Management Society is the foremost professional association for all those who work in or are concerned with records or information management, regardless of their professional or organisational status or qualifications.
Our Mission
To provide leadership in records and information management with the aims of:
- Championing the status of information and records management through representation, external liaison and promotion
- Supporting professional development through sharing knowledge and expertise
- Promoting all aspects of good information and records management including:
- governance, assurance, security, sharing, compliance, rights, and business continuity
About us
The Information and Records Management Society, launched in 1983, recognised the ever-increasing number of people working in the fields of records and information management. All those concerned with records and information, regardless of their professional or organisational status or qualifications, can join the Society. Organisations wishing to develop records or information systems and those that provide services in these fields are also welcome.
Through close and regular contact with its own members and with related professions, the Information and Records Management Society encourages the highest professional standards.
Regular meetings are held to hear guest speakers or to hold discussions on topics as wide-ranging as office technology, organisation of records services, legal aspects of records management and the role of service companies.
The Society is also facilitating its training programmes and extending its range of technical and information publications.
Constitution
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IRMS Constitution | Download (.pdf 18.2 KB) |
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