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The Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA International) is an organization of over 10,000 members in over 150 local chapters. It is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Prairie Village, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. A strategic plan which was developed some years ago states that ARMA's mission is four-fold:
Advance the practice of Records and Information Management (RIM) as a discipline and profession.
Members are information management professionals who work in business and government in areas such as communications, record storage facilities, educational institutions, financial institutions, insurance companies, health care, legal services, manufacturing, and technology.
The Knoxville - East Tennessee Chapter of ARMA was chartered in June of 1971 and is an excellent source of expertise on managing all forms of recorded information. The Chapter can be contacted via e-mail at this address: etnarma@discoveret.org.
Members pay dues to the Association (ARMA International) and to the Knoxville - East Tennessee Chapter. Annual dues are:
Association: $150 Chapter: 20
Student memberships to the Association are available for
$25. There are no Chapter dues for student members.
The twenty dollars goes to the Chapter to fund programs for our Association dues help fund day-to-day headquarters' operations, membership support, and publications. One cannot be a Chapter member without being a member of the Association. Send a message to etnarma@discoveret.org or jump to ARMA International's web site for detailed information about membership including an application that can be downloaded.
Industry Specific Groups (ISG's) bring together records and information managers who work in particular fields such as communications, merchandising, real estate, records storage facilities, educational institutions, environmental, utilities, restaurants, hotels, insurance, financial institutions, government, health care, legal, manufacturing, and many others. Membership in two industry specific groups is included in ARMA's annual dues.
Continuing education, discounts on technical publications, networking opportunities, and a subscription to ARMA's quarterly professional publication, the Information Management Journal, are just a few benefits.
The six parts of the exam test knowledge in the following areas:
These two agencies are components of the Knox County Public Library System. They house and maintain older government documents, manuscript collections, and photographs pertaining to the history of Knoxville and Knox County.
The Records Management Division of Knox County's Office of Information Technology provides government agencies with secure storage and retrieval of inactive documents in addition to other services.
This site contains numerous links to Web sites on community groups, culture, business and legal matters, economic development, government, recreation, science and health, and many others.
This page provides access to information about departments and agencies of Tennessee state government. This is a good place to go if you wish to inform yourself about the responsibilities and functions of state agencies.
Go here to find out about such topics as the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the Tennessee State regional library system, preserving Tennessee's heritage, registers of manuscripts and records collections, and historical and genealogical resources.
The Records Management Division of the Department of General Services serves as the primary records management agency for State government.
One finds here a huge amount of information about the role which the National Archives and Records Administration plays in the management of Federal government records. Links are provided to the Presidential Libraries, regional archives and record centers, and the Federal Personnel Record Center and Military Personnel Record Center.
NAGARA is a professional association of government archives and records management programs dedicated to promoting the effective use and management of government information.
The Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Inc. (ARMA International) is a professional organization for all who are working in the field of information management. ARMA has local chapters in many cities in the United States and Canada. The association sponsors educational seminars and publishes many reference works which are of benefit to not only the information management professional, but also to those who wish to learn how to better manage the information produced in their offices.
This is an informational web site for ARMA chapters that are located in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Territory of Puerto Rico.
As the name implies, this is an organization for those who work specifically in the management of information that is related to nuclear power.
The Knoxville - East Tennessee Chapter of the Association of Records Managers and Administrators is chartered as a nonprofit mutual-benefit corporation in the State of Tennessee. Contributions or gifts to this Chapter or to ARMA International are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes.
