Definitions[]
An active record is
| “ | a record needed to perform current operations or ongoing business matters. It is consulted frequently, and it must be conveniently available for immediate reference, either manually or via a computer system.[1] | ” |
| “ | [r]ecords that continue to be used with sufficient frequency to justify keeping them in the office of creation; current records.[2] | ” |
| “ | [i]nformation stored on computer systems that can be readily accessed by the operating system or software without a need to reload media, undelete the information, or reconstruct it from other sources.[3] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ Information Management and Information Protection Glossary of Terms (full-text).
- ↑ Society of American Archivists, Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (full-text).
- ↑ Id.