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ISO 15489: Records Management
Date added 7 November 2006
Last edited 12 November 2009
Full Title
ISO 15489: Information and Documentation - Records Management
Description
This international standard provides a high-level framework for records management, including: the benefits of records management, the regulatory environment, development of records management policies, the assignment of responsibilities, design and implementation of a records system, the management of records management processes and controls. Subjects covered include data capture, retention policies, storage mechanisms, access and information protection, the role of classification and vocabulary control.audit trails and staff training requirements.
Part 2 consists of guidelines providing current best practice information and workflow recommendations using the general headings covered in Part 1.
Standards Developing Organisation
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
Rights
No information.
Lifecycle Action
- Whole Lifecycle
Standard Frameworks
- Digital Archive Standards
- Electronic Records Management Standards
Standard Type
- Reference Models and Frameworks
Current Version
- -
- ISO 15489 is made up of 2 parts, both of which are current. See Alternative Current Versions below.
Further Information
- Wikipedia entry on Records Management [external]
Alternative Current Versions
- 2001 - ISO 15489-1: Information and Documentation - Records Management, Part 1: General [external]
- Full text available for purchase from ISO.
- 2001 - (ISO 15489-2: Information and Documentation - Records Management, Part 2: Guidelines) [external]
- Full text available for purchase from ISO.
Previous Versions
- 1996 - AS 4390.1 : Records Management - General [external]
- superseded
- 1996 - AS 4390.2 : Records Management - Responsibilities [external]
- Superseded
- 1996 - AS 4390.3 : Records Management - Strategies [external]
- Superseded
- 1996 - AS 4390.4 : Records Management - Control [external]
- Superseded
- 1996 - AS 4390.5 : Records Management - Appraisal and disposal [external]
- Superseded
- 1996 - AS 4390.6 : Records Management - Storage [external]
- Superseded
Referenced Standards
- ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems - Specification With Guidance for Use
- ISO 2788: Guidelines for the Establishment and Development of Monolingual Thesaurii
- ISO 5127: Information and Documentation - Vocabulary
- ISO 690-2: Information and Documentation - Bibliographic References - Part 2: Electronic Documents or Parts Thereof
- ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems - Requirements