UK Professional Membership - FAQ

What is AIIM?
AIIM International is THE professional association in the field of Information Management. Our mission is to educate & advise both organisations and individuals on all aspects of Information Management. We offer a wide range of member-only resources and activities designed to help you develop professionally as well as help improve the efficiency, productivity and value of your organisation by capitalising on its inherent information and knowledge assets.

So what activities are AIIM involved in?
AIIM is committed to making available the resources, support and training necessary for successful information management to those who want it. Although we do this, in part, through our annual events, our ongoing research and our intensive management programmes, we our best able to provide education, advice and resources all year round through our dedicated Professional Membership Scheme.

What is Professional Membership?
It costs £85 +VAT to become an AIIM Professional Member for a year in the UK. In return for this subscription fee, the scheme delivers an exclusive set of specified benefits all year round, way above and beyond the programme of advice and education that you could get at a single event.

How do I Benefit?
Benefits include access to the member's only area of the AIIM.org website which houses a vast range of searchable content and resources, research & white papers. There is also an advice service where you can receive free personal guidance from professional consultants throughout the year. In addition, as a member, you are able to participate in private moderated listservs and discussion groups for peer to peer networking.

You become entitled to a range of discounts and member-exclusive offers on a whole host of services, products and education programmes, not only from AIIM but also from many other organisations who value AIIM members.

You also receive MiD Magazine, the bi-monthly Information Management publication, as well as a regular e-newsletter which keeps you in touch with market developments, current trends and commentary on Information Management & the issues that effect it.

Becoming a member also means that you gain additional value from belonging to a focused community combined with the networking and general information exchange that it naturally generates. Click here to get the full list of all the membership benefits.

So how do I become a member?
Becoming a UK AIIM Professional Member is straight forward. You can do it right now online, by completing the Membership Form.

Alternatively, you can download a form from this website to complete and then either post or fax back to us at your convenience.

If you would prefer to speak to a member of our Communications Team in person, you can call 01905 727600, and we'll be happy to help.

How much will it really cost me?
AIIM Membership for 12 months costs £85 +VAT. For that one off fee, you will receive:

	Our industry magazine AIIM E-Doc
	Free e-newsletter packed with topical news on information management
	A hardcopy of Managing Information & Documents Buying Guide, published by Cimtech
	Free attendance at local networking meetings across the UK
	Access to Free on-line Advice Service
	Access the ECM Toolkit, worth over £250
	Free User Benchmarking & Discussion Groups
	Year round access to AIIM’s Enterprise Content Management Resource Centre
	10% discount on Professional Development Programmes running throughout the year

So that is £85 (+VAT) for a year of Professional AIIM Member Benefits and Networking.

How can I pay?
You can pay online with a credit/debit card via our secure web form or over the telephone.

You can pay by cheque made payable to AIIM International Ltd which you should post to us along with a completed Membership Form which you can download and / or print out from here.

If you have any queries about membership applications or payments, you can speak to or email a member of the AIIM Team who will be happy to help.
Call 01905 727600 or email info@aiim.org.uk