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Records management guidelines written for county records - which could be applied to other types of records. Chapters include: Applying effective records management practices (life cycles etc); Retention and Disposition Schedules; Filing Practices; Records Controls; Filing Storage Equipment; Reformatting and/or Duplicating Records; Procedures for Destroying Public Records; Storing, Moving and Transferring Records; Records Preservation; Preparing for Disaster; and Electronic Records. Appendix include: records survey form, inventory form, transmittal form, authorization to destroy form, and transfer form.

URL for Resource: http://www.wvculture.org

Document Creating / Publishing Body: West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History

Date of Creation: September 2, 2003

Topics: Appraisal, Digitization/Reformatting/Scanning, Disaster Prepardeness, File Formats, File Management, Inventory, Preservation, Records Management, Records Request, Records Schedules, Records Transfer, Storage

States: West Virginia

Date Resource Added/Modified: July 11, 2019