I agree with Angie.

I am in the process of organising our Vital Records and I am using  
the same criteria as below.

In the life of our Department we have not always stuck with the same  
service provider for security, lease of our building etc therefore in  
the event of a disaster etc I only need the most current of   
information.

Cheers Vicky



Vicky Rapley
Records & Development Support Officer
Heritage Council of WA

Telephone: (08) 9220 4143  |  Fax: (08) 9221 4151  |  Website: http:// 
www.heritage.wa.gov.au/


On 03/09/2008, at 3:44 AM, Angie Fares wrote:

> Depends on how you define the term "vital" within your organization.
>
> In my organization, a vital record is defined as a record deemed
> essential to reconstruct and/or continue operations of the  
> organization
> or preserve its rights.  This is particularly important in the  
> event of
> a disaster or disruption to our operation.  The fact that they are  
> vital
> does not also mean that they are permanent.  In fact, I wouldn't  
> want to
> permanently preserve all vital records in my organization because,  
> in my
> industry, most of my vital records have a short lifespan and even
> shorter typical user periods (relative to other industries).
>

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