Archiving and Records Management
Every organization is responsible for maintaining records. The ability to create, organize, and maintain records and archives is essential to success. Correct records keeping will not only offer liability protection; it will also increase efficiency and productivity. To put it simply, maintaining records and archives will improve the bottom line.
With our Archiving and Records Management workshop your participants will know how to classify records, define and maintain different systems, and develop a keen understanding of the importance of records management.
Course Outline
Workshop Objectives
- What is Records Management?
- Defining Records
- Archives vs. Records
- Life Cycle
- Case Study
- Module Two: Review Questions
- What Is and Is Not a Record?
- Record Programs
- Management of Systems
- Developing Standards
- Case Study
- Module Three: Review Questions
- Techniques for Analyzing Records
- Collecting Information
- Organizational Needs
- Legal Demands
- Case Study
- Module Four: Review Questions
- Routine Process
- Creative Process
- System Analysis
- Records Survey
- Case Study
- Module Five: Review Questions
- Functionality
- Prioritize
- Assess and Review
- Develop a Tool
- Case Study
- Module Six: Review Questions
- Arranging and Grouping
- Building Files
- Elementary & Intermediate
- Metadata
- Case Study
- Module Seven: Review Questions
- Classifying
- Folders and Directories
- Groupings
- Metadata
- Case Study
- Module Eight: Review Questions
- Routine Processes
- Creative Processes
- Design
- Limitations
- Case Study
- Module Nine: Review Questions
- Taxonomy of Values
- Macro Appraisal
- Strategy & Criteria
- Document & Review Decisions
- Case Study
- Module Ten: Review Questions
- Paper
- Electronic
- Create Archives
- Conversion
- Case Study
- Module Eleven: Review Questions
- Words from the Wise
- Review of Parking Lot
- Lessons Learned
- Recommended Reading
- Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations