Records Management Publications
In compliance with the agency's publication distribution policies, NARA is moving toward disseminating all records management publications and posters primarily via the Internet. The publications and posters may be downloaded and reproduced as needed.
Limited quantities of some of these publications and posters may be available in hard copy format.
Requests should be sent to:
National Archives and Records Administration
Life Cycle Management Division
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Telephone: 301-837-0660
Fax: 301-837-3699
E-mail: nara.recordsmgttraining@nara.gov
Currently Available
Records Management Posters
Note: Updated text on posters may vary from online versions.
Don't
Mess Up Your Reputation Organize Your Information Reminds employees that organized records help agencies provide good service. Order Copies |
Moving?
Consolidating? Reorganizing? Records management steps to take in times of change. Order Copies |
It's Never Too Early to Think About Records Management Make records management part of your planning for enterprise content management. Order Copies |
Records Management Brochures and Pamphlets
NEW! Publications (Order Copies)
Tips for Scheduling Potentially Permanent Electronic Records
- Tips for Scheduling Potentially Permanent E-mail Messages
- Tips for Scheduling Potentially Permanent Scanned Images of Textual Records
- Tips for Scheduling Potentially Permanent Records in Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Tips for Scheduling Potentially Permanent Digital Photographic Records
- Tips for Scheduling Potentially Permanent Digital Geospatial Data Records
- Tips for Scheduling Potentially Permanent Web Content Records
Other Records Management Brochures
- Records Management Profile Brochure
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- Electronic Records Management and Recordkeeping Requirements Checklists (PDF versions only)
- Building Records Management into Business Processes
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- How to Prepare for an Appraisal Meeting
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- Electronic Records Management (ERM) Resource Guide
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- Appraisal Policy of the National Archives and Records Administration
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- Transferring Permanent Electronic Records to NARA: Answers to the Top 5 Questions
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- Pre-Accessioning: A Strategy for Preserving Permanent Electronic Records
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- What you need to know about Recordkeeping Systems
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Records Management Publications
- Disposition of Federal Records
Explains how to develop, implement, and evaluate records disposition programs in Federal agencies. Includes links to the texts of Federal laws and regulations affecting records disposition. (2000 web edition based on the 1997 edition), 141 pp. - Documenting Your Public Service
Provides basic information to enable you to distinguish Federal records from other documentary materials, including personal files.
- Managing X-ray Films as Federal Records
Provides basic information to enable you to develop, implement, and evaluate X-ray Film records disposition programs in Federal agencies.
- Records Management Self-Evaluation Guide
Provides a high-level framework for evaluating a Federal agency records management program. (1995), 22 pp. - Records Management Training Catalog
Describes courses and training services offered by NARA's Office of Modern Records Programs, along with related training sponsored by other NARA offices. - Vital Records and Records Disaster
Mitigation and Recovery
Provides guidance on how to manage vital records throughout their life cycle, to protect them from loss in a disaster, and to assist in recovery should a disaster occur. (1996), 90 pp.
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