RECORDS MANAGEMENT DAY
8th November 2000
Venue: The Meeting Place, 153 Drummond Street, London NW1 2PB
The day is intended as an introduction to the principles and practice of records management, suitable for anyone setting up a records management programme and for all staff working in records centres. There will be a morning session of presentations followed by workshops in the afternoon. Firstly participants will learn how to articulate the importance and value of a records management programme. They will be given a comprehensive overview of the records management function followed by a case study on implementation. The afternoon workshops provide the chance to tackle two key records management activities for themselves.
PROGRAMME
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9.00-9.30 |
Arrival and Coffee |
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9.30-9.45 |
Introduction |
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9.45-10.15 |
Overview of the Day: Why Records Management and First Principles Janet Foster, the BASTD Director |
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10.15-11.15 |
Mapping out the Records Management Operation Margaret Crockett, the BASTD Director |
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11.15-11.30 |
Coffee |
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11.30 |
Info~byte: Vital Records |
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11.40-12.40 |
Implementing a Records Management Programme, a Case Study Jonathan Whiting, Parliamentary Archives |
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12.40-12.50 |
Info~byte: Legal and regulatory considerations |
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12.50-2.00 |
Lunch |
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2.00-3.00 |
First workshop session |
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3.00-3.15 |
Tea |
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3.15-4.15 |
Second workshop session |
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4.15-4.45 |
Round-up discussion and closure |
Workshop One: Records Appraisal and Retention Scheduling
Faced with a mass of documentation it is hard to know what to keep, how long to keep it for, what to discard and when. Participants will be given guidelines on appraisal and the various factors which determine retention periods to equip them to develop their own retention policies. A practical walk-through of appraisal decision-making and of applying retention schedules.
Workshop Two: Implementing your Programme
Mapping out the processes and procedures involved in implementing the records management programme and developing documentation to support it.
APPLICATION FORM rm 8/11/00
Send to: theBASTD, May Cottage, Fountayne Road, London N16 7EB or email [log in to unmask]
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