State Records NSW - Digital recordkeeping

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Digital recordkeeping

Government policy on the management of email and other digital records:

» Policy on digital records preservation

» Policy on electronic recordkeeping

» Policy on electronic messages as records

Requirements for email management and the introduction of new business systems:

» Standard on Recordkeeping in the Electronic Business Environment

Key standards for compliant recordkeeping in the digital environment:

» Standard on Full and Accurate Records

» NSW Recordkeeping Metadata Standard (NRKMS)

Testing the recordkeeping capabilities of business systems:

» Checklist for assessing business systems (RIB 42)

Building systems for managing digital records:

» Strategies for documenting Government business: The 'DIRKS' manual

» Introducing recordkeeping metadata (RIB 18)

» Selecting records management software (RIB 2)

'How to' manage electronic documents, email, digital images and other digital records:

» Guidelines on keeping web records

» Managing the message: Guidelines on managing formal and informal communications as records

» FAQs - Emails and recordkeeping (RIB 49)

» Desktop Management: Managing electronic documents and directories (RIB 30)

» Email and other templates for creating digital records

» Destroying digital records: When pressing delete is not enough (RIB 51)

Ensuring the long term accessibility of digital records:

» Future Proof: Ensuring the long term accessibility of equipment / technology dependent records

» Archives Advice: Protecting and handling magnetic media (NAA)

» Archives Advice: Protecting and handling optical disks (NAA)

Current trends and issues in digital recordkeeping in the NSW public sector:

» Information rights management and recordkeeping (RIB 36)

» Digital records preservation in the NSW public sector: A discussion paper

Advisory group of senior government managers assisting State Records with digital records strategy:

» Digital Records Advisory Group

The collaborative effort by public records institutions to develop strategies for digital records and archives:

» Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative (ADRI) website