Projects and Products: Education and Training Materials
Management of Public Sector Records Study Programme
Any of the study materials can be downloaded and used without charge. Hard copies can be purchased. See the Price List.
The materials, which are listed below, are available in Microsoft Word and PDF Adobe Reader formats. Educators are free to use the material in any way that is helpful, but the Trust should be acknowledged, and the material may not be sold without the Trust’s permission. The Trust asks that users acknowledge the source of the material.
There is a Spanish adaptation, in two volumes, of some of the study material, which is described at the end of this list.
Study Modules
Principles and Context [PDF Adobe Reader (516 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (733 KB)]
Organising and Controlling Current Records [PDF Adobe Reader (635 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (739 KB)]
Analysing Business Systems [PDF Adobe Reader (390 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (843 KB)]
Managing Records in Record Centres [PDF Adobe Reader (320 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (398 KB)]
Managing Archives [PDF Adobe Reader (533 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (778 KB)]
Preserving Records [PDF Adobe Reader (593 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (701 KB)]
Emergency Planning for Records and Archives Services [PDF Adobe Reader (335 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (317 KB)]
Developing the Infrastructure for Records and Archives Services [PDF Adobe Reader (375 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (367 KB)]
Managing Resources for Records and Archives Services [PDF Adobe Reader (417 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (413 KB)]
Strategic Planning for Records and Archives Services [PDF Adobe Reader (398 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (514 KB)]
Building Records Appraisal Systems [PDF Adobe Reader (422 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (487 KB)]
Understanding Computer Systems: An Overview for Records and Archives Staff [PDF Adobe Reader (335 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (1.42 MB)]
Automating Records Services [PDF Adobe Reader (503 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (566 KB)]
Managing Electronic Records [PDF Adobe Reader (964 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (1.54 MB)]
Managing Financial Records [PDF Adobe Reader (524 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (944 KB)]
Managing Hospital Records [PDF Adobe Reader (450 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (517 KB)]
Managing Legal Records [PDF Adobe Reader (401 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (517 KB)]
Managing Personnel Records [PDF Adobe Reader (3 MB)] or [Microsoft Word (810 KB)]
Procedure Manuals
Managing Current Records: A Procedures Manual [PDF Adobe Reader (232 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (346 KB)]
Restructuring Current Records Systems: A Procedures Manual [PDF Adobe Reader (191 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (283 KB)]
Managing Records Centres: A Procedures Manual [PDF Adobe Reader (99 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (182 KB)]
Managing Archives: A Procedures Manual [PDF Adobe Reader (300 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (446 KB)]
Planning for Emergencies: A Procedures Manual [PDF Adobe Reader (122 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (286 KB)]
Model Records and Archives Law [PDF Adobe Reader (147 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (149 KB)]
Model Scheme of Service [PDF Adobe Reader (78 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (109 KB)]
Educators’ Resources
Introduction to The Management of Public Sector Records Study Programme [PDF Adobe Reader (77 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (310 KB)]
Glossary of Terms [PDF Adobe Reader (92 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (236 KB)]
Additional Resources for Records and Archives Management (Bibliography) [PDF Adobe Reader (150 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (261 KB)]
Educators' Resource Kit [PDF Adobe Reader (180 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (372 KB)]
Writing Case Studies: A Manual [PDF Adobe Reader (137 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (358 KB)]
Case Studies Volume 1 [PDF Adobe Reader (878 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (952 KB)]
Case Studies Volume 2 Part 1 [PDF Adobe Reader (387 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (444 KB)]
Case Studies Volume 2 Part 2 [PDF Adobe Reader (604 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (764 KB)]
Case Studies Volume 3 [PDF Adobe Reader (776 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (1 MB)]
Spanish Adaptation of the Study Programme
Two volumes of material in Spanish have been produced, drawing on the Management of Public Records Project Study Programme, at the University of Montevideo in Uruguay. The Trust is grateful to Alicia Casas de Barran, the National Archivist of Uruguay (Directora del Archivo General de la Nacion Uruguay), for kind permission to make the Spanish material available free of charge.
Gestión de Documentos del Sector Público desde una Perspectiva Archivistica Vol I [PDF Adobe Reader (430 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (1.1 MB)]
Gestión de Documentos del Sector Público desde una Perspectiva Archivistica Vol II: Organizacion y Control de Documentos Adminstrativos [PDF Adobe Reader (868 KB)] or [Microsoft Word (850 KB)]
Hard copies of this material can be obtained by writing to:
Archivo General de la Universidad
18 de Julio 1824 P.1.
11200 Montevideo, Uruguay
