A new Standard on Records Management has been adopted

By Resolution No. 27 of 1 April 2016 the Republic of Belarus State Committee on Standardization adopted the State Standard STB ISO 15489-1-2016 “Information and Documentation. Records Management. Part 1. General” instead of the preliminary state standard STB P ISO 15489-1-2001/2012 “Information and Documentation. Records Management. Part 1. General”.

The Standard becomes effective from 1 October 2016. The Standard was drafted by the Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies (BelNIIDAD) and adopted by the National Technical Committee on Standardization TK BY 28 “Records Management”.

The Standard is identical to the International Standard ISO 15489-1:2001 “Information and Documentation – Records management – Part 1: General”.

This part of ISO 15489 provides guidance on managing records of originating organizations, public or private, for external and internal clients. All the elements outlined in the standard are recommended to ensure that adequate records are created, captured and managed. Procedures that help to ensure the management of records according to the principles and elements outlined in the standard are provided in ISO/TR 15489-2.

This part of ISO 15489 applies to the management of records, in all formats or media, created or received by any public or private institution in the conduct of its activities, or any individual with a duty to create and maintain records. This provides guidance on determining the responsibilities of organizations for records and records policies, procedures, systems and processes, etc.

This part of ISO 15489 is intended for use by managers of organizations, records, information and technology management professionals, all other personnel in organizations, and other individuals with a duty to create and maintain records.
The standard does not include the management of archival records within archival institutions.