It's easy to fall into a trap where we look--or hope--for short-term payoffs. The Certified Records Manager certification began in 1975. Only in the last few years have job notices explicitly required or "preferred" a CRM. More will do so over time. Point is: don't get a certification of any kind and expect great things to happen pronto--to you or to the profession. Time will tell. When folks ask me about becoming certified, I say that it seems logical to pursue a certification in your field if there is one. If nothing else, it is a personal commitment to excellence wherever it may be. Best, Mike J. Michael Pemberton, Ph.D., CRM, FAI Professor The School of Information Sciences The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1345 Circle Park Drive Knoxville, TN 37996-0341 Phone: 865-974-6509 Cell: 865-919-5878 Fax: 865-974-4967 [log in to unmask] http://www.sis.utk.edu/~pemberton/ Life: Information in Motion A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>