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      Appraisal
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   Date:   Ref:   IRM/RAM/93-145 Subj:  AD-570/Stan   | 
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   INTRODUCTION/[table of contents]  | 
  
   RAM-1993-190  | 
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   I-A  | 
  
   WHY worry about Appraisal  | 
  
   Historical, Current, Electronic  | 
  
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   I-A1  | 
  
    Electronic Records in the News
  "Government Told to Save Messages Sent by Computer - Historians Praise
  Ruling" - "Appeals Panel Rejects View That White House Should
  Decide"  | 
  
   NY Times Front Page 14 August 1993
  [Court tells U.S. it must preserve E'Mail]  | 
  
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   Examples of Research use  | 
  
   Sample of Requests for UN
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  Internal UN Requests  | 
  
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   I-B2  | 
  
    
  External Requests for UN records  | 
  
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   Charts of Research use  | 
  
   External, Internal Requests  | 
  
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   II  | 
  
   WHAT do we do and HOW do we do
  it well?
  [Irrespective of Who does it]  | 
  
   Identify,
  apply Criteria, document decision and reasons See
  RAM/93-177  | 
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   II-A  | 
  
   Reference Works:  Previous Discussions of Appraisal: Past is
  Prologue  | 
  
   See RAM/93-146  | 
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   III  | 
  
   APPRAISAL CRITERIA - "Considerations when determining what is
  saved and continually protected"  Value: what do we look for? =================================== RECORD
  TYPE, IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVITY Documented : Substantive and Facilatative, MAIN
  SUBJECTS of Special Interest, LEVEL OF OFFICE Keeping the Record, PRACTICAL
  CONSIDERATIONS,  | 
  
   Items that may be involved in Appraisal Decision See RAM/93-149 ===================, RESEARCH Considerations, FORM & FORMAT (media of Storage) Unconventional, BUSINESS MODEL and Information Systems Planning,  | 
  
  
   ================ CLASSICAL APPRAISAL VALUES: Primary, Evidential, Informational  | 
 
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   Matrix: Intersection of
  Appraisal Values  | 
  
   See RAM/93-168  | 
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   IV  | 
  
   APPRAISAL WORK SHEET - Cover Sheet, Instructions and
  Sample/Draft Check list: for use in preliminary & final appraisal  | 
  
   See RAM/93-169  | 
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   IV-A  | 
  
   UNICEF Sample Appraisal Grid
  used for preliminary retention/disposal decisions   | 
  
   Years records must be kept and
  when must be reviewed. Ram-93-174,
  93-176  | 
  
   Word
  Doc – HTML Word doc  | 
 
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   APPRAISAL
  REPORT [Draft]                  [RAM93-170]  | 
  
   Documents decision taken and
  reasons  | 
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   VI  | 
  
   TOOL - Assistance of decision
  process: Multiple Views, to be used irrespective of media of Storage  | 
  
   Draft: Functional Requirements
  for Appraisal Tool RAM-93-167  | 
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