This is an interesting thread that also appeared on the Archivists
listserv with little commentary. I'd be interested in seeing actual data
myself. I don't have experience with formal cost-benefit studies or ROI
studies, but it seems most of the quantifiable CB would be in terms of
file cab/server/records storage space recovered through timely and
appropriate destruction. I recall some numbers on this list regarding
savings from clearing server space of unneeded emails. 

It seems that the most significant benefits of RIM are not as easily
quantified in terms of reduced discovery costs, reduced liability and
protection of assets. It would seem to be a matter of proving the
negative (can you quantify the costs you avoided because of a well-run
RIM program?)


Rob Spindler
University Archivist and Head
Archives and Special Collections
Arizona State University Libraries
Tempe AZ 85287-1006
480.965.9277
http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives 

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