Hi Amy,
I created a wiki to host our records retention & disposal schedule here at Aberdeen City Council, for much the same reasons as you list... wanting people to actually use it!
We've only had it up on our internal pages for about 4 weeks now, but it seems to be working well. Advantages are that wiki is a format most users are familiar with for 'finding out stuff', and is both browse-able and searchable. Useful also because:
- we can answer specific retention related queries by pointing directly to relevant page (each record class has its own wiki page)
- we can reflect links and connections between record classes more flexibly that than is allowable in a flat hierarchy, using links, which allows us to guide users more easily.
- we can link users directly to retention 'rationales' - usually on legislation.gov.uk, but sometimes to National/Council Policies etc., which will hopefully help users to trust (and stick to) the retention periods & actions given
- we can link users to our other resources and guidance.
- we can use the 'discussion' pages to encourage users to help us keep it up to date over time (though the RRDS wiki itself is it's not editable by user at large).
- you can track the amount of hits each page is getting.
It can't do everything, but it’s a lot better than the excel spreadsheet and pdf version we had before.
It's hosted internally so I can't link you to it, but if you were interested I'd be happy to chat.
Helen Cannings
Senior Information Compliance Officer
IT & Transformation | Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council, Business Hub 17, 3rd Floor North, Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1AB
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Subject: Usable Retention Schedules
I would like to deploy my new records retention schedule in a user-friendly format. Most schedules I have come across are based on spreadsheets or are in PDF format on websites, and can be very lengthy. I was interested in something a bit more interactive and less burdensome on the end users - something that answers " I have to archive this, where do I file it and for how long should I keep it?"
Any Suggestions?
Amy Cawood
Information Officer
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Kenilworth
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