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forwarded to the list by Justine Heazlewood > Apologies for cross-posting > > Hello all > > The VERS (Victorian Electronic Records Strategy) website has been > restructured and contains several new areas. > > The VERS Toolkit has been designed to help those who find themselves > dealing with the issues of recordkeeping and information management in the > digital age. The Toolkit is designed to help organisations and individuals > understand VERS and how it works, and work toward VERS compliance using a > simple step-by-step methodology, which is based on National Archives of > Australia's DIRKS recordkeeping best practice system. It also contains much > useful information on broader issues relating to electronic recordkeeping > and looks at world solutions to the problem of electronic records > obsolescence. The Toolkit has been designed to be extensible, and we plan > to add more useful information to it on an ongoing basis. > > You can find the Toolkit here: > http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/vers/toolkit/ > > Public Record Office Victoria has announced a new Vendor Compliance Program > for vendors who wish certification of their product(s) against the VERS > Standard (PROS 99/007 Standard for the management of electronic records). > For more information about the program: > http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/vers/vendors/compliance.htm > > To go to the main VERS website: > http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/vers/ > > Feedback on the new site and its components is most welcome. > > Regards > Justine > > Justine Heazlewood > Manager, Electronic Records and Online Access > Public Record Office Victoria (Australia) > T +61 (0)3 9285 7938; F +61 (0)3 9285 7953 > E [log in to unmask] > > ****************************************************************************** ******* Neil Beagrie JISC Digital Preservation Focus Assistant Director Secretary, Digital Preservation Coalition JISC London Office, Tel/Fax/Voicemail :+44 (0)709 2048179 King's College London email: [log in to unmask] Strand Bridge House url: www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/ 138 - 142, The Strand, email list: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/digital-preservation London WC2R 1HH ****************************************************************************** *******