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How to Digitise a Paper Archive Without Losing Your Mind
Scanning is the easy part. A realistic plan for digitising a paper archive: what to scan first, how to name and describe files, quality checks, and what to do with the paper afterwards.
Archiving Interview Recordings and Oral Histories
Recordings are fragile in ways paper is not. How to store interview audio and video so it can be found, understood and lawfully used decades from now.
Secure Destruction: Proving You Deleted What You Said You Would
Deleting records on schedule is half the job. The other half is being able to prove it: what was destroyed, when, how, under which rule and by whom.
The Year-End Records Clean-Up Checklist
A few focused hours in December save weeks of confusion next year: close what is finished, apply retention, fix access, check backups. A checklist you can work through in a day.
What Is Metadata, and Why Does It Matter for Your Records?
Metadata is the information about a record rather than in it: who, when, what kind, which matter. Without it, records cannot be found, trusted or disposed of on time.
Digital Preservation: File Formats That Will Still Open in 20 Years
Some file formats age well and some quietly become unreadable. Which formats to choose for long-term records, when to convert, and how to keep the originals honest.
A Records Retention Schedule Template You Can Adapt
A retention schedule is a table, not an essay. Here are the columns it needs, a worked example you can copy, and the habits that stop it going stale.
Records Management vs Document Management: What Is the Difference?
Document management helps you work on files; records management governs what you must keep, for how long, and how you prove it. Why the difference matters and how to cover both.Open your first case today
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