Archiving

Archiving is essentially the identification and organisation of an organisation's records and documents. Archiving has more recently been promoted as 'knowledge management', however for the purposes of corporate history and heritage retention, establishing an archive is a targeted and limited task.

There are a number of issues related to the commencement of a corporate archiving program. These include but are not limited to:

• selecting an archivist - qualifications needed, track record in corporate work, interpersonal skills...
• establishing what state the organisation's historical records are in and the scope of work, and the cost required to create a meaningful archive;
• defining the scope of the research and identification of records;
• defining where the historical material is kept (i.e. at one site, multiple sites,
• interstate and/or overseas;
• levels of access to sensitive materials
• interaction with key sections of the organisation such as legal, financial, marketing etc
• informing key managers of the project;
• informing employees of the project and seeking their involvement;
• confidentiality agreements;
• space allocation for archivist and the archive itself
• support services such as secretarial, computer, photocopying
• procedures for purchasing archiving materials;
• access to building and security
• how much should an archivist be paid;
• how do we measure results

and much more that Focus can help you with.

Companies we have undertaken archiving programs for include Westfield, Woolworths, H J Langdon, Utilux.