- Physical records
- Electronic records
- Enterprise records
- Industry records
- Legal hold records

Types of Records

Categorization of record types to assist in creation, organization, storage, retrieval, movement, and destruction of records

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- Defensible solutions
- Classification
- Records retention schedule

Records Management Practices

- knowledge classification
- library classification
- archival classification

Types of Classification

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A defensible solution can be clearly supported with documented policies, processes, and procedures

Defensible solutions

A document developed using archival concepts that outlines how long certain records need to be retained before being destroyed

Records retention schedule

Archival Classification

The classification of informational material, grouping items with similar characteristics together, in ways that are most helpful for accessing the items. 

Library classification

Classification systems are essential in science, offering a framework to categorize and name aspects of the world. They facilitate scientific communication, organize knowledge, and, at their best, provide a conceptual foundation for generalization and new discoveries.

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