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Many years ago I was a m
Good points being raised here.
Many years ago I was a member of the Institute of Information Scientists
(grand title) which was then amalgamated into the Library profession. At
that time I chose to join the RMS, thinking it a better fit to my role.
But since then my work has spanned many of the different disciplines and
the various bodies that represent them. I do not want to belong to them
all!
I have watched the convergence, in practice, of the various branches of
records and information management over many years, (more than 40 I am
afraid to say), driven by the need to solve similar problems and often
powered by new and innovative technology.
There just might be a case for an overriding body, that would look out
for our profession(s) and manage all these various elements, what does
the list think?
Bryan
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Sent: 11 September 2009 10:46
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Subject: Re: Accreditation
I completely share Sarah's sentiments here, that between us all we have
very similar skill sets and 'information management' as a profession
does not benefit from being broken down into constituent parts. I have
worked in Information Services and Records Management roles and have
also observed that the main purposes of the roles require the same
skills.
Sorry to SoA members for forgetting to mention the SoA in my original
post, not really an expert on accreditation - I always rise to
criticisms of CILIP on this list because I am a Chartered member and
have never seen a problem with this as proof of my professional
qualification and ability, and in fact I undertook accreditation to
establish that proof. As an aside, I often feel that other Records
Managers denigrate CILIP in passing. It's not just for Librarians.
Cheers
Suzy
(member of RMS and CILIP)
Suzy Taylor
Records Manager
New College Durham
Framwellgate Moor
Durham
DH1 5ES
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>>> M Sarah Wickham <[log in to unmask]> 11/09/2009 10:19 >>>
The Society of Archivists, despite the implications of its name, also
represents records managers and archive conservators. The SoA has
accredited professional courses in archives & records management since
1985. The Accreditation Team visits every programme in the UK and
Ireland on a quinquennial basis, and assesses them against a set of
agreed criteria which are, in effect, the competency standards for the
profession. Regular articles outlining the accreditation process and
commenting on changes and issues for educators & the profession are
published in the Journal of the Society of Archivists - most recently
Turner, Margaret D.(2008)'Educational Programmes in Archives and Records
Management in the UK and Ireland:An Overview,
1995-
2007' Journal of the Society of Archivists vol 29 issue 1, pages 73 -
82. May be available via http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00379810802499942
(but you may need to subscribe). The accreditation criteria can be seen
at
http://www.archives.org.uk/careerdevelopment/startingout/postgraduatecou
rs
es/revisedaccreditationcriteriaforpostgraduatecourses.html (or
http://tinyurl.com/krrse3).
Given the comparatively small numbers of people working in the
management of records (by which I include archives) I wonder how long we
can sustain the separate professional bodies all attempting to do
similar things.
Personal
accreditation is a case in point: recently introduced by the Records
Management Society, the same accreditation of experience was begun by
the SoA in 1987. The SoA's scheme ("registration") has since 1996
focussed on encouraging continuing professional development rather than
the one-off
accreditation of experience bringing it in line with similar CPD schemes
offered by chartered professional bodies including CILIP. Both the SoA
and RMS are too small for chartered status at present.
Along similar lines to the accreditation of professional qualifications,
at present the SoA is represented on the sector skills council Lifelong
Learning UK
(www.lluk.org) which includes records management in its footprint. The
sector skills council is "the independent employer-led sector skills
council responsible for the professional development of staff" working
in the sector and is charged with the developments of competency and
qualifications frameworks, apprenticeship schemes etc.
I have worked both in archival and records management roles. I see no
distinction between the skills required and cannot understand why they
are perceived to be two different, distinct professions. The SoA in
conjunction with some of the smaller advocacy bodies in the sector are
pursuing a merger - see
http://www.archives.org.uk/thesociety/archivesectorproposals.html
(http://tinyurl.com/lbbzec). The RMS, in common with some other bodies,
was invited to join at an early stage but apparently declined to take
part.
Is it our professional background in classification that means that
people working in recordkeeping like to distinguish themselves from one
another? My concern is that if we continue to distinguish ourselves
like this then larger, more visible bodies occupy the space we consider
to be "ours", as evidenced by the BIS job advert posted yesterday. And
the more we navel gaze and
distinguish ourselves by the details, the more likely we are to lose
sight of the bigger, more strategic picture - and thus not be involved
in the IT related discussions that affect recordkeeping and the
organisations we try to serve (see previous discussions plus parallel
discussion re listservs etc
etc)
Sarah
Registrar of the SoA, but also a personal member of the RMS, and who
currently is based in an IT department writing in my personal
capacity/expressing personal opinions...
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