Warwickshire County Record Office is about to embark upon a procurement process for an archival management and cataloguing database system. Together with our IT section, we will be drafting a specification of our needs and requirements against which we can assess the various options which are available. While our IT section is experienced in the procurement process, this is, not surprisingly, the first time that they have encountered the complexities of record office management and access systems. We would find it extremely helpful to be able to show them an example of a specification drawn up for a similar purpose by another archive service. If anyone has worked with such a document, and is willing to let me have sight of a copy, I would be extremely grateful. Caroline Sampson Principal Archives Officer Warwickshire County Record Office %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%