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Dear All, I have been intrigued by the response to this question and it raise the following question/hypothesis for me. Are authorities that are also public record repositories/depositories more likely to have an in house records storage function? On one level, this should be a strong positive correlation. However, there could be strong negative correlation because they can be seen as two distinction functions within an organisation. I would be interested in the experience of those organisations that are public record repositories/depositories. Do you have both in house, or do you have your business records (day to day storage requirements) externally provided? I am working on the crude assumption and definition that what is in the repository/depository is "archived" non-active business records as well as other items of historical interest/need. By contrast, the semi-permanent "active" business records need to managed for access and control purposes. If the two are strongly correlated, organisations that have the "archive" responsibility also have an in-house storage, are they more cost effective or efficient than for those who keep them separate? If they are negatively correlated, so that "archive" responsibility is in house and "active" documents are managed externally, are the more cost effective and efficient than those who join them together? I would be interested to know, if only anecdotally, the experience of others as it would be a good business case for in house or external business records depending on if they are strongly positively or negatively correlated *and* if the provide (or fail to provide) efficiencies and cost effectiveness in their respective usage. Best, Lawrence P.S. If this is an obvious question upon which there have been voluminous research, please let me know so I can find it and apologies the list if this is an obvious question. :) ________________________________ Help protect our environment by only printing this email if absolutely necessary. The information it contains and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are only intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may be unlawful for you to use, share or copy the information, if you are not authorised to do so. If you receive this email by mistake, please inform the person who sent it at the above address and then delete the email from your system. Durham County Council takes reasonable precautions to ensure that its emails are virus free. However, we do not accept responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of viruses we might transmit and recommend that you should use your own virus checking procedures. To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]