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HMC Standard for Record Repositories



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The Commission announces the publication, in electronic form, of the third
edition (2001) of the HMC Standard for record repositories. The text may be
downloaded free of charge. Alternatively a hard copy print-out can be
supplied by HMC on receipt of a cheque for £3 made payable to the
Historical Manuscripts Commission. Revision of the Standard was undertaken
in consultation with the Public Record Office, the National Archives of
Scotland, the Society of Archivists, the Association of Chief Archivists in
Local Government, the National Preservation Office and Resource. Sections 1
to 3 are substantially as in the second edition, but with a few significant
changes. Section 4 has been extensively rewritten. The guidelines for
repositories seeking recognition, which formed an Appendix to the second
edition, have been completely rewritten to take account of BS 5454:2000,
and have been incorporated in the body of the Standard as a new Section 5.

The Standard can be viewed in the Electronic Publications section of the
HMC website <http://www.hmc.gov.uk/pubs/>. A PDF version will be available
shortly.
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The direct link to the new standard is;
http://www.hmc.gov.uk/pubs/standard3.htm

word of the day: invigilate (from the new standard)

Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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