Where are Scanned Documents?
Have you ever wondered where digital documents go once scanned or how digital storage works? Then you’re in the right place. In this brief explainer, we’ll explore how digital documents […]
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What’s the best way to store your important documents?
Document storage is a key part of any organization’s business solutions, whether or not its business model is information-based. Deciding where or how to store your documents might be a […]
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What is Records Retention?
In the last post in our series on document management, we went over the regulations and requirements surrounding the digitization of your records, and the reasons why digitization is generally […]
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Understanding Digitization Regulations
So far in this series, we’ve discussed the general nature of a records management program and the ways that your records and metadata have to be maintained. This installment will […]
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Using and Maintaining Your Records
This is the second post in our series on records management guidelines. In the last post, we introduced the concept of a records management program, described the legal requirements and […]
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A Guide to Records Management
Whether or not it’s the focus of your business model, your organization needs to manage information. Some information is insignificant and only needs to be retained for as long as […]
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Privacy Trends 2022: The Age of Personal Information Privacy
According to the sources we reviewed, individual members of the public are becoming more concerned about the safety and control over their data. One study revealed that 84% of consumers polled say that they “…care about data privacy,” 80% said that they’re “…willing to spend time and money to protect [their] data,” and 48% said that they “…have switched companies or providers over their data policies…”
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Why Document Scanning is Vital to Your Business
Elizabeth Carten is the Director of Operations here at Consentia and our foremost expert on digitization solutions like document scanning. She recently took time out of her busy schedule to sit down and chat with us about why digitizing your files is so important.
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Microfilm: Should you (still) be using it? Part 2
…the only way this 500-year mark seems achievable would be to lock your films away in a dark, airtight refrigerator underground, rarely checked at all, and only handled by meticulous, masked and gloved film experts, and never used. If your organization is a well-funded national archive, then that probably doesn’t sound too bad. If you’re almost anyone else, these kinds of precautions probably just aren’t practical.
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Microfilm: Should you (still) be using it? – Part 1
…today though, microforms are commonly considered relics from a bygone era; before the days of digital computers and the internet. New microfilms are exceedingly rare, most date back to the late 1990s or before, usually long-term records, stowed away in libraries and archives. Once digital information systems became widely available, the once-revolutionary technology very quickly fell into obscurity and disuse.