International Journal of Physics and Astronomy

Electronic Records Management
Maja Kovačević Kuzmanić

Abstract
The author explains a problem of preservation of archival materials in electronic form. She gives a short overview of records management inspection service in State archive in Croatia. Then she gives a basic definition and analyses of electronic records. She explains how to identify and evaluate electronic records. She underlines the importance of communication and cooperation of the records management inspection service with the makers of electronic records, the companies that are obligated to give their records to the archives. The author explains the role of archives in the process of long-term preservation of electronic records. Further she defines the problem of preservation as a problem of enabling access to electronic resources through the long-time period. Finally, she gives few examples of projects for electronic records preservation in the world.

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