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Stephen

The Australian Commonwealth Government has issued with a policy
directive which requires all Government agencies to 'transition' from
reliance on paper for records towards digital records management for
efficiency purposes.

The National Archives of Australia has issued a range of information
about how this could be done. Some of the information relates to:

* Benefits of going digital
* Obtaining senior  management support
* Scanning incoming paper
* Reducing paper stockpiles
* Self-assessment of records management capabilities
* incorporating records management functionality into business systems
* reviewing business practices to reduce reliance on paper

This information (and more) is available at
http://www.naa.gov.au/records-management/digital-transition-policy/index
.aspx. Obviously it is tailored towards the Australian Government, but I
think that there is something in there for everyone.

There is also a Digital Continuity Plan (and principles) which provide
advice on managing records once they are in digital format. These are
available at
http://www.naa.gov.au/records-management/agency/digital/digital-continui
ty/plan/index.aspx and
http://www.naa.gov.au/records-management/agency/digital/digital-continui
ty/principles/index.aspx respectively (watch out for breaks in the URLs)

Disclaimer: these people employ me. I was involved in the development of
a lot of this material, but I am no longer in this area, so I am
speaking for me, not them. 

John 


John Lovejoy
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Operations and Preservation Branch
National Archives of Australia


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