Electronic Records: Policies

E-mail
Responsible Recordkeeping: E-mail Records is the guidance to the Institution regarding e-mail. The link also contains further suggestions for propering handling of these important records.

Retention Schedules
Electronic records, like records in other media, are appraised for their informational and evidential value. Disposition decisions, therefore, will not change for record series that were once paper-based but are now retained electronically. Additionally, SIA is committed to retaining links between related paper and electronic files whenever possible. This policy is consistent with professional practice and with recent legal directions.

For more information about our current record disposition schedules (SI Staff Only), visit PRISM.

 


  
  

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