1.2 What is a record?
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A record is any "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".[1]
In other words, a record is any print or electronic document (or other brief information) that has been compiled, recorded or stored in a written format or in audiovisual formats, electronic process or any other manner by any other means during the course of an organization's daily routines and activities.
As SFU employees, we create and maintain thousands or records during our work, therefore it is important to learn what records are we required to keep and for how long, and what records can we safely dispose once they are no longer useful to our units.
| Before continuing with the course, test your knowledge on whether to keep or not to keep, some common SFU documents (Quiz 1.2) |
[1] International Organization for Standardization (ISO 15489-1:2001)