Records Management Handbook

In November 2004 the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) published its Records Management Handbook. The handbook includes policies for records management and detailed guidelines and procedures for the handling of OIC documents and other forms of records. It also sets out the retention and destruction policies for such records. The handbook provides guidance to OIC staff on the management of our records and it is hoped that the model for records set out will also prove useful to other public bodies who are developing or refining their own record management policy and practice.

The handbook can be downloaded in A4 format and booklet format below.

pdf File icon   Records Management Handbook - A4 Format (pdf, 81 kb)

pdf File icon   Records Management Handbook - Booklet Format (pdf, 134 kb)

RECORDS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK November 2004

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Records Management: the Context

3. Why a Handbook?

4. Records Management Standards

5. Records Management Policies

6. Records Management Procedures

7. Governance Mechanisms