FREE stuff

For you to use - always quote your source!

MORE KNOWLEDGE
TWENTY RULES OF ENGLISH FILING For the English language, with notes on how to make a database do the same thing
VITAL RECORDS More Knowledge - What records do you need after a disaster to re-establish your business, answered in a simple way.
SME (Small Medium Enterprise) Retention Schedule for Australia
Australian Privacy Act - Summary (Extract)
HISTORICAL v ACTIVE FILING Comparing the ways of processing inward documents in business
Computer FILE NAMING Conventions A DIY guide to creating your own computer naming convention to make finding records on your computer easier.
PERSONNEL (Human Resources) Records) Short paper on World's Best Practice in Human Resource Record Keeping with litigation avoidance in mind, with references to Australian Legislation.
EVIDENCE and REPRODUCTIONS AS EVIDENCE Short paper containing extracts from the Australian Evidence Act and some comments.
FILE TRANSFER PROCEDURES FOR ARCHIVING More knowledge for you about how, when, and why to transfer records for the best management of your current records. (Useful all over the world)

PRESENTATIONS
THE PAIN AND GAIN OF OUTSOURCING Lecture given to the Records Management Association of Australia, National Convention 1998
CASE FILING For engineers, accountants and lawyers. Lecture notes on the development and management of a case filing system.
The Sides used at the presentation
LITIGATION AVOIDANCE PowerPoint presentation from the Breakfast.
PAPERLESS OFFICE Copies of slides used in the PAPERLESS or LESS PAPER Breakfast Presentation given to Service Clubs and at FILEforce training center.
WHEN THE RIGHT WAY IS THE WRONG WAY By John Preston - An interesting address on the when the right way is not always the right way, given to many SWAP Clubs.

EXTRACTS & EDITORIAL from our Newsletter
FILING & ACCEPTABLE RISK What is the error rate that you are willing to tolerate in you life while you expect the filing to be 100% correct at all times. News for the perfectionists.
WHAT'S THE RIGHT WEIGHT Looking at what is safe and recommended in workplace health and safety in the office.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT is about SHARING discussing the reality of implementing KM in the contemporary office.
Imaging V Paper
International Standard on Records Management 15489 Editorial comment on the application of this new international standard.
Reducing copies in the office Looking at the copies you keep when you want to save space in the active storage areas.
Backup and recovery Oops ....Backup or be Damned. You are the only person who is ultimately responsible.
Document v Records management A 1999 Feature article in For The Record comparing records and EDMS
Key to filing success is the right attitude by staff
BOOK = Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge Device As spoof on the computer society and the book, and interesting giggle. Source Unknown.
10 Points for Living Systems A familiar lecture given by Harry Haxton, from the appendix to Managing Office Mayhem. Like takes you directly to the eBook site for Managing Office Mayhem.
Clutter - and Pile Theory From the Economist. An Enlightening look at the clutter on people desks and the psychology of piles of paper. 4 Pages
The CO$T of FILING A paper produced after a presentation on the topic to the Records Management Association of Australia RMAA in Brisbane September 2003.
What is the right system?