Anne,

Strategies for managing and preserving electronic records with a
long-term retention is a subject oft discussed on this list. I think as
recently as last week. A search of the list archives I think will help
you catch up on issues we've discussed. Also, here is the website of an
organization that focuses on this issue and provides some advice/help on
"wrapping your head around the issue" as well as communicating to
management:
http://www.dpconline.org/advice/introduction-background.html

Good luck,
Gary Link, CRM
Pittsburgh, PA
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Subject: corporations keeping records digitally.

Hello everyone,

I am looking for advice.

The corporation I'm employed by is a huge organization which operates 7
hospitals. You can imagine the size and complexity of the records they
create and need to manage. They digitize all their corporate records and
want to keep nothing in hardcopy or microforms. I don't know what
capacity for permanent retention is built into the software they bought
but I imagine its automatic backups. 

I don't like to trust IT guys who have no knowledge or interest in
records and whose idea of permanence is 20 years because all the
computer equipment is obsolete in 5 years. 

What should I say to the directors who are so comfortable and trusting
in digital records and the software they've invested in? 

Thank you for any feedback you can give me. 

Anne
Anne McKeage
Archivist/History of Health and Medicine Librarian

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