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Records Management Policy and Procedures

The following records management policy and procedures have been recently reviewed and will be published with the re-launch of the Melbourne Policy Library in 2012

Records Management Policy

Records Management Procedure

Retention & disposal Procedure

Records Access Procedures

Records Services Procedure Manual

The Records Management Policy and Procedures Manual in under review. Please use the information as guidance and contact Records Services with any questions at Records Services

Sections of the manual will be progressively published as Guidelines

Managing Email Guidelines

The manual is available in both html and PDF formats. To view or download the manual in PDF, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded from the Adobe website.

Chapter	Description	HTML	Download
Complete Manual	Chapters 1 - 2, 4 - 6, 9 & 12	HTML	PDF 510KB
Chapter 1	Introduction	HTML	PDF 80KB
Chapter 2	Identifying Records	HTML	PDF 130KB
Chapter 3	How to establish and manage a recordkeeping system This chapter is no longer available. For information on recordkeeping systems, please refer to Managing Corporate Records.
Chapter 4	Access, Privacy and Freedom of Information	HTML	PDF 58KB
Chapter 5	Records Disposal	HTML	PDF 76KB
Chapter 6	Committee Papers	HTML	PDF 36KB
Chapter 7	Research Data and Records This chapter is no longer available. For information on the Management of Research Data and Records, please visit: http://researchdata.unimelb.edu.au/
Chapter 8	Digital Imaging and Scanning Systems This chapter is no longer available. For information on imaging and digitisation, please visit : http://www.digitisation.unimelb.edu.au/
Chapter 9	Student Records	HTML	PDF 59KB
Chapter 10	EHS Recordkeeping Requirements This chapter is no longer available. For information on OHS Recordkeeping Requirements, please visit: http://safety.unimelb.edu.au/publications/procedure/documents/
Chapter 11	Imaging Centre This chapter is no longer available. For information on imaging and digitisation, please visit : http://www.digitisation.unimelb.edu.au/
Chapter 12	Preservation	HTML	PDF 142KB

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