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For 40 years, this publication has been regularly reviewed and updated to share best practices in records management and to provide guidance for developing or revising institutional records retention and disposition schedules. This edition of the guide marks its eighth update.

By providing recommendations to assist college and university personnel with the challenging decisions surrounding records management, this guide reaffirms that carefully planned records management and recovery policies and processes serve to protect business critical processes, ensure record security and minimize unplanned downtime.