Du papier au numérique - Les archives de l'association Les Restos du Cœœur

The accumulation of records/archives within an association is linked to the growth of the activity in this association. What is to be done when, after sixteen years, the decision is finally taken to preserve the records/archives, as it happened at the “Restos du Cœur”? Besides the legal value stands the historical value, and also the information value for people involved in the activities of the association, people who need to be aware of decisions and actions of the past. Two main problems arise : to keep paper records in spite of the lack of space, and to make the documents available. The “Restos du Cœur” decided to transfer paper records to the National Archives and to give access to information through an electronic data system. MOTS-CLES : archives, Archives nationales, association caritative, Geide, Restos du Cœur.