Tina

As I understand it accreditation is self-awarded - your evidence of good practice should be maintained to show you are capturing images appropriately. Your completed Tool-kit should stand you in good stead when and if Legal Admissibility is challenged.

Your decision to destroy the originals is, as ever, a risk based one. If your team are scanning bus tickets you are probably safe - if adoption records you might be more circumspect over (despite the ESCR imperative). Costs (including social ones) and benefits should be weighted and weighed for some guidance. 

Alan Shipman - (awesome bloke on this subject - much respect due) - can help but mostly because he 'wrote the book' not because you need a consultant.

Chris Elliott
Records Manager
Bank of England, HO4 B-D
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7601 4484


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Hi

We had the same issue recently and decided to ask an external body to validate our process; in fact we used Alan Shipman!

Paul

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From: The UK Records Management mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tina Martin
Sent: 14 September 2007 09:30
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Subject: BIP008 - legal admissibility

Dear all,
I would be grateful for some clarification on the above.  We have a 
department who have decided to scan reccords with the aim of disposing of 
the orginals, we have purchased the toolkit and have set up process and 
procedures etc.  However my question is can the department dispose of 
originals if they haven't been through any accreditation process (I don't 
suggest that they do) ????

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