Hands on Training in Getting it Right
2 days
$650.00 +GST
Every day the government creates an enormous number of records and it is
not practical or necessary to keep every individual record. However it is
important to identify and preserve government records that document the
rights and entitlements of citizens and enable government to be
accountable for its actions.
This course introduces you to the appraisal, sentencing and disposal of
records. We cover hard copy records as well as new content about records
held in file shares, line of business systems and EDRMS.
This course is intended for people working in public offices who have
responsibility for particular aspects of recordkeeping. This includes:
Recordkeepers (records managers, records officers, archivists, and
recordkeeping support roles), IT Managers and staff (who are responsible for
ensuring that systems support the management of electronic records), and
Project Managers and Support Teams (who need to know how to manage
the appraisal, sentencing and disposal of records in their electronic
recordkeeping systems).
What You Will Learn:
• Those technical terms that archivists use and what they mean.
• Strategies for approaching appraisal projects.
• The different challenges presented by electronic records. NEW!
• Guiding principles for electronic appraisal including appraising records in
file shares and line of business systems as well as data sets. NEW!
• How to list and describe records.
• Tactics and tools available for dealing with file shares. NEW!
• How to set retention periods.
• Applying schedules to records.
• The relationship between business classification schemes and disposal
authorities and how to apply this in electronic environments. NEW!
• Applying the General Disposal Authorities (GDAs) to paper and electronic
records. NEW!
• Planning and managing a sentencing project.
• Common problems when sentencing records and how to deal with these.
• The key provisions of the PRA that relate to disposal, transfer and access.
Download the flyer for this course here
Register for the course here