What is Records

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Records refers to information that is recorded during the business transaction or business communications with an intention to trace back the history in future when need arise to prove current decisions, best solutions for problems and ensure accountability. Learn more in: Digital Archiving to Spearhead Access to Heritage Information for All Interested Clients in Africa

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Are information which serves as reference in organization. Learn more in: Trends in Contemporary Record Management

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Documented information regardless of format that is created or received by an individual, organization or agency in the course of its business transaction. Learn more in: Assessing the Institutional Readiness for Open Government at the Kenyan Judiciary Using IRMT E-Readiness Tool and Open Government Implementation Model

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The International Standard Organisation (ISO) defined records as information created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organization or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business. Similarly, the International Council of Archives (ICA) defined a record as recorded information produced or received in the initiation, conduct or completion of an institutional or individual activity and that comprises content, context and structure sufficient to provide evidence of the activity. Learn more in: Records Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Challenges and the Way Forward

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Information created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organization or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business. Learn more in: Importance of Electronic Record Preservation in E-Business

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information in any format, created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organization or person, in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business. Learn more in: Information Disaster Management: Preserving Information for Sustainable Development in Public Institutions in Ghana

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A record is documentary evidence, regardless of form or medium, created, received, maintained and used by an organisation (public or private) or an individual in pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business (The International Records Management Trust, 2009). Learn more in: Records as Tools for Concealing and as Weapons for Fighting Corruption in Higher Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe

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It is recorded information regardless of form or format. Learn more in: Implementation of the SharePoint Platform as a Record Management System in Universities