Handbook

This subject provides an overview of recordkeeping and archiving across a range of organisational contexts. It considers how regulatory, policy and funding frameworks in different sectors affect recordkeeping. The contexts covered include government agencies, international organisations, companies, indigenous organisations, not for profit organisations, religious organisations, schools and museums. There is a focus on how communities, both physical and virtual, maintain their records. The subject also considers personal records, including issues involved for stakeholders when personal and family records are donated to public collections.