Records Management Society of Great Britain
Press Release issued on behalf of the Development Team and the Local
Government Group
Records Management Toolkit for Schools now available
As part of the work being undertaken by the Local Government Group to see
assist public authorities in the implementation of the Freedom of
Information Act and other related legislation, a new Records Management
Toolkit for Schools is now available from the web site of the Records
Management Society of Great Britain. The main link to this page is as
follows:
<http://www.rms-gb.org.uk/index.cfm?SECTION=SERVICES&PAGE=RESOURCES>
This takes enquirers directly to the relevant section. By clicking on the
title, or the thumbnail the enquirer can download the relevant document in
each section.
The Local Government Group is aiming to lead the way in issuing best
practice guidelines for use by public authorities and other organisations
who may not be able to resource a dedicated records manager. The Records
Management Toolkit for Schools is the result of the work of a sub group of
the Local Government Group who met “virtually” to put the documents
together. The toolkit is the result of lots of work which has gone on in
different authorities around the country who were prepared to share this
work.
The Toolkit contains a sample records management policy and retention
guidelines, as well as some other records management advice, including a
policy about dealing with e-mail. The intention is to provide schools with
the documents they need to comply with the legislation with the minimum of
duplicated effort.
The Local Government Group has also produced the Retention Guidelines for
Local Authorities and Information Audit Best Practice Guidelines which are
available to download from the Records Management Society web site and has
also worked on the Local Government Classification Scheme which is part of
wider work being completed.
If any one has any questions or amendments to the Records Management
Toolkit for Schools they should contact: Elizabeth Barber on
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