Archive Group AG 16 - Electronic Records

Identity area

Reference code

FR PUNES AG 16

Title

Electronic Records

Date(s)

  • 2004- (Creation)

Level of description

Archive Group

Extent and medium

Context area

Repository

Archival history

The rule to archive electronic and "machine-readable" records of UNESCO was established in 1977 but had not been applied in practice until 1990. In the 1990s, the first series of documents had been archived in electronic form but most of them existed also in paper copy. Thus, versions on magnetic tapes and floppy disks were not kept for a long period of time.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

In 2004, UNESCO launched an electronic records management initiative in order to archive the growing number of e-mails and electronic documents. The same year, the Archives and Records Management Unit started to regularly crawl the UNESCO portal and to archive snapshots of Internet and Intranet three times a year. The Archive Group consists of two collections: the Electronic records collection and the Web archives collection.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

Continuous accruals

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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

20-year rule applies to all electronic records except for internet web archives.

Conditions governing reproduction

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Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

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Accession area

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