Description of Business Function
The functions of managing museums, art galleries, archives and libraries.
Basis of Retention and Disposition
For available national guidance, including the work of the Renaissance project, please see the Retention Rules section below.
Please also see the General Business category of the wiki.
Retention Rules Per Record Type
General Guidance
The Renaissance London, Information and Records Management Project 2007-2012, provided a generic retention schedule based on the Geffrye File Plan http://www.museuminfo-records.org.uk/docs/sample_records_retention_schedule.doc.
There is some Retention and appraisal guidance published by SCAM: Standing Conference on Archives and Museums at http://www.archivesandmuseums.org.uk/scam/Infosheet5.htm
Please also see the Disposal and Retention Schedule for the Northern Ireland Library Authority (Libraries NI) http://www.librariesni.org.uk/AboutUs/OurOrg/Policies%20and%20Procedures/Disposal_and_Retention_of_Records_Schedule_2012.pdf
Society Of Museum Archaeologists documents on the Selection, Retention and Dispersal of Archaeological Collections http://www.socmusarch.org.uk/docs/selectionretentiondispersalofcollections1.pdf
Accession and Inventory
Curatorial Research
Education
Enquiries from the public
Events and Exhibitions
Fundraising, Sponsors, Donors
Inventory Management
Loan out files
Members and Visitors
Volunteers
Document published by Volunteer Now on the Retention of Volunteer Personal Information http://volunteernow.co.uk/fs/doc/publications/retention-of-volunteer-data-info-sheet.pdf
Citations and References
Please also see Accounting records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_accounting.pdf
Please also see Buildings records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_buildings.pdf
Please also see Contractual records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_contractual.pdf
Please also see Employee records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_personnel.pdf
Please also see Internal audit records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_internal_audit.pdf
Please also see Press and public relations records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_press.pdf
Please also see Information management records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_info_management.pdf
Please also see Complaints records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_complaints.pdf
Please also see Projects records retention and disposal schedule published by The National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/sched_projects.pdf
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