Association for Information and Image Management
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The Association for Information and Image Management or AIIM is a non-profit organization
that provides education, research, and best practices for document management and enterprise content management
. (In the legal profession, the term that is often used to describe this area is electronically stored information
.)
AIIM was founded in 1943 as the National Microfilm Association. AIIM is also known as the enterprise content management
(ECM) association. AIIM is international in scope, independent, and implementation-focused.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that provides education, research, and best practices for document management and enterprise content management
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
. (In the legal profession, the term that is often used to describe this area is electronically stored information
Electronically stored information
Electronically stored information, for the purpose of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is information created, manipulated, communicated, stored, and best utilized in digital form, requiring the use of computer hardware and software....
.)
AIIM was founded in 1943 as the National Microfilm Association. AIIM is also known as the enterprise content management
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
(ECM) association. AIIM is international in scope, independent, and implementation-focused.