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Guidelines for management, appraisal and preservation of electronic records

Aborigine, 1893. Cat ref: COPY 1/411

Guidelines for management, appraisal and preservation of electronic records

These two guidance documents were produced under the auspices of the Electronic Records from Office Systems (EROS) programme of The National Archives.

Volume 1: Principles

This volume can be read in full or in individual chapters. Read about these guidelines

Full version (189.094kb)

Individual chapters:

Records management in information-age government (59.803kb)

Electronic records in the organisation (74.868kb)

Record organisation and structure (49.446kb)

Management of electronic records (47.459kb)

Design of electronic records management systems (54.83kb)

Appendix: Strategies for developing electronic records management (37.748kb)

Volume 2: Procedures

This volume can be read in full or in individual chapters. Read about these guidelines

Full version (310.856kb)

Individual chapters:

Introduction (55.361kb)

Creating and capturing records (87.577kb)

Managing and maintaining records (96.496kb)

Inventory, appraisal and disposal (85.974kb)

Preservation of electronic records (180.925kb)

Transfer of electronic records (195.316kb)

Appendix A: Safeguarding records across Year 2000 (95.695kb)

Appendix B: Outline functional requirements (206.255kb)

Appendix C: Relevant standards (126.423kb)

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