Archiving Electronic Information

Introduction Keeping records is vital for any organisation, and although such records potentially form a mine of information, it has traditionally been difficult to make full use of this resource owing to the relative inaccessibility of paper based records. As advances in technology increase apace, more and more of these records are now being generated, processed and stored in electronic format. This presents the opportunity for making the data readily available on-line and hence opening up a largely untapped resource to a much wider audience, potentially with substantial business benefits.