This point is well taken with the exception that at the moment it is contrary to existing law in the state of Washington to do anything with archivally scheduled records except transfer them to the state archives to say yea or nay on. Elilzabeth Fairfax -----Original Message----- From: Roach, Bill J. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [RM] Cost comparisons >>Unless the State Archives has certified that these records are not wanted for transfer, it would seem that they are ineligible for destruction or transfer to any other facility or institution.<< Can't speak for other states but here in North Dakota our Archives appreciates it if the records are filmed prior to ascension to the Archives. Space is at a premium and they don't have room for large volumes of paper records. Long term they would need to film them anyway so why not have the agency do it and avoid incurred storage costs and filming expenses. Available space should be saved for at risk collections where intrinsic values have a high importance, not the general business documents of a public agency. Bill R Bill Roach, CRM Enterprise EDMS Coordinator State of North Dakota ITD/Records Management 701-328-3589 List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance