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Dear All, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who took the time to reply to my query last week about information audits. There were a number of responses and a great deal of useful advice given, so thank you very much indeed for sharing your knowledge so generously – it is very much appreciated! If it’s of interest to the list, I’ve summarised the key points that came out from the responses I received: 1. Have a clear purpose for your audit. This message came through in almost all the responses received, as being imperative for a successful audit. 2. Wherever possible, have face-to-face meetings with staff, and use questionnaires/remote audits as a backup/follow up approach. 3. Senior management buy-in is also key – this enforces the audit with staff who are less inclined to participate, and raises the profile of the exercise. 4. The focus of the audit should be on functions rather than specific departments/teams, etc. This helps with later activities such as retention and architecture in a SharePoint context. 5. The Records Management Society have a very useful guidance document on conducting an information audit, available here: *http://www.irms.org.uk <http://www.irms.org.uk/>**/* *resources/information-guides**/**195-information-audit**-**guideline**s* Thank you again for the advice offered, and best wishes, Mandy Mandy Morgan Records Management E-information and Digital Continuity Manager Records and Enquiries Management *Animal and Plant Health Agency* *(APHA)* Email: *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]>Website: *www.gov.uk/apha* <http://www.gov.uk/apha> | Twitter: *@APHAgovuk* <http://www.twitter.com/aphagovuk> | Facebook: *aphagov* <http://www.facebook.com/aphagov> Address: Records Management Team, APHA, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) This email and any attachments is intended for the named recipient only. If you have received it in error you have no authority to use, disclose, store or copy any of its contents and you should destroy it and inform the sender. Whilst this email and associated attachments will have been checked for known viruses whilst within APHA systems we can accept no responsibility once it has left our systems. Communications on APHA computer systems may be monitored and/or recorded to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. 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]