Sample Forms for Archival and Records Management Programs.ARMA International and Society of American Archivists The Society of American Archivists (established 1936) is the oldest and largest archivist association in North America, serving the educational and informational needs of more than 3,400 individual and institutional members. This invaluable new resource includes more than 200 sample forms and policies from which users may choose and customize to meet their own needs. The forms have been standardized and made generic so they can be used "as is," either individually or as a compilation selected for inclusion in an organizational forms manual. The book provides camera-ready originals that can be photocopied, distributed, and completed. The accompanying compact disk (CD) includes these same forms in Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. `97, rich text format Rich Text Format - (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems. (RTF (Rich Text Format) A document format from Microsoft for encoding text and graphics. It was adapted from IBM's DCA format and supports ANSI, IBM PC and Macintosh character sets. ), and portable document format (file format) Portable Document Format - (PDF) The native file format for Adobe Systems' Acrobat. PDF is the file format for representing documents in a manner that is independent of the original application software, hardware, and operating system used to create those documents. (PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. ). The Word and RTF forms can be completed (by simply tabbing through and keying in the fields) and printed from the CD. They can also be copied to local drives where they can be "unlocked," customized, completed, and distributed electronically. The CD is compatible with Windows 95, 98, 2000, and NT and with Macintosh operating systems. It is not compatible with Windows 3.1. Records management forms include those that are used for: * inventorying and scheduling * records centers/records control * records destruction/disposition * micrographics/quality control * vital records * miscellaneous: auditing the records management program, evaluating records management software, evaluating training Archival forms include those that are used for: * survey and appraisal * disposition and accessioning * arrangement and description * use and reference * preservation * management and miscellaneous ISBN: 1-931786-00-3 (ARMA International and Society of American Archivists) Soft cover, English, 290 pages, 2002 Catalog No. A4704 $40, ARMA members $28 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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