Educational archives...establishing guidelines for preservation...

One of the most important tasks for the educational archivist is the development of policies and procedures that support the preservation of a collection of permanent records. In addition to the introduction of systematic methods for the appraisal of records, and the associated creation of a disposal schedule capable of outlining procedures for the identification and storage of permanent and temporary records, educational records managers and archivists should outline the schemes that could be used in order to ensure that different forms of permanent records could be protected in storage and accessed. This could include the use of physical storage systems for original copies as well as electronic copying techniques for those original copies.