Appraisal and selection

This project developed procedures and selection criteria to guide the appraisal of digital records. The aim was to enable the automatic transfer of selected records to The National Archives. The project involved close liaison with Government Departments to support departmental retention scheduling for records within an Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM) System.

The project developed procedures for appraising digital records created and stored in a range of environments including those from EDRM systems and datasets, and was supported by work in The National Archives Records Management and Cataloguing Department to provide generic selection criteria for records common across government.

Project status July 2008

With the completion of all key deliverables, the End Project Report was approved and the project has been closed.

Further development of the appraisal toolkit and training sessions in its use are now part of business as usual in the Records Management and Cataloguing Department.

See our appraisal toolkit.

Project papers

End Project Report (PDF, 34.15kb)

Project Initiation Document (PDF, 297.93kb)

Project Board Minutes - June 2005 (PDF, 25.55kb)

Project Board Minutes - September 2005 (PDF, 31.74kb)

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