I have Records Management qualifications but am no longer employed in the RM area but on a volunteer basis am working with a charity registered organisation to improve their general records management.

 

I would appreciate some guidance as to what such an organisation should be looking to include in a records management program e.g a retention / disposal schedule (if one is required) and the relevant periods. The company is small and is already backing up the computer files to an off-site area on a regular basis. I have done a risk assessment from which the administrator is now backing up computer files more frequently and their photograph collection is now on CD and copy stored off-site.They are now depositing their quarterly magazines with the library as legal deposit.

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Jan Zoontjens