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Article: Blogs: the new information revolution? RIM professionals have an opportunity to provide leadership and guidance in the development of policies to ensure that blogs are managed as records.(Records and Information Management)
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- Information Management Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Weblogs, or blogs, constitute a significant new development in the information world. They're taking the business world by storm. From the perspective of records and information management (RIM) professionals, they present unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Leadership and policies are needed to shape and make optimal use of this new application. Most blogs are records, so sound records and information management principles must be applied. Other information management issues also must be addressed.
As a relatively new information phenomenon, definitions are unsettled.
* Microsoft defines blogs as frequently updated personal web journals that ...