The Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies holds a workshop “New Rules in Records Management and Preservation”

On 27 March 2020 the Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies (BelNIIDAD) holds a workshop “New Rules in Records Management and Preservation”.

The issues on the agenda:

1. Legislation in records management and archive business in the Republic of Belarus and responsibility for its violation. Administrative and criminal responsibility.
2. Rules for making records. Standard STB 6.38-2016 and Instruction for Recordkeeping in Government Agencies and Other Institutions (with amendments and additions). The Unified System of Organizational and Administrative Records (USORD).
….2.1. Records attributes, blank forms, official forms, corner stamps, seals.
….2.2. Requirements for texts.
….2.3. Specifics of making individual types of records (orders, directives, instructions, resolutions, minutes, memoranda, certificates, letters).
….2.4. Rules for making copies of documents and their certification.
3. Recordkeeping.
….3.1. Circulation of records in an institution. Receipt, registration and execution of incoming and outcoming records. Registration and movement of internal records.
….3.2. Records tracking.
….3.3. Creation, confirmation, organization and use of file classification plans in an institution.
….3.4. Filing.
4. Electronic recordkeeping. Preservation of electronic records.
5. Archival aspects in recordkeeping.
….5.1. .Appraisal of records in recordkeeping. An expert commission. Procedures of records appraisal. Records retention schedules.
….5.2. Records retention periods. Calculation of retention periods for records subject to tax audit.
….5.3. Transfer of records to an institutional archive for preservation. Destruction of records.

The workshop is conducted by BelNIIDAD Director A. Rybakov and other highly skilled specialists, authors of normative acts, teaching aids and procedural guides in records management and archive business.