What is Records Management ?

A Record is defined as a Document or other data that is regarded as complete and unchangeable. It may exist as paper, as a scanned image or electronically.

Records Management addresses the life cycle of records, i.e., the period of time that records are in the custody of the organisation. The life cycle usually consists of three stages:
• Creation or receipt
• Maintenance and use
• Disposition
Tools for maintaining and using records include file plans, indexes, controlled vocabularies, taxonomies, data dictionaries, and access and security procedures

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