The State Records Office of Western Australia (SRO) issues a number of publications and policies to assist staff in State and Local Government organizations with the proper management and disposal of State records.
While publications are developed primarily for use in the public sector, they can also be of value to those working the private sector.
A-B
- Administrative Change – Management of Information Following – Information Sheet
- Administrative Records of National Bodies – General Disposal Authority
- Advice on Managing the Recordkeeping Risks Associated with Cloud Computing
- Agency User Manual – ORDA
- Annual Reporting Requirements - Information Sheet
- Appraisal – SRC Standard 3
- Archival Storage Specification
- Archives Awaiting Transfer to the State Archives Collection – Directions
- Business Information Systems
C-D
- Cemetery Boards – Sector Disposal Authority
- Circular - Disposal of Cemetery Records - Local Government Records Relating to Cemetery Management
- Circular: Moving Premises – Moving Records
- Circular: Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwth) – Application to State Records
- Damp Records – Simple Treatment Handout
- Day Batching of State Records - Information Sheet
- Destruction of Temporary Records for Local Government
- Digital Information – Managing – SRC Standard 8
- Digital Media and Devices – Sanitizing – Guideline
- Digital Records Management – Guideline
- Digitization Specification
- Directions for Keeping State Archives Awaiting Transfer to the State Archives Collection
- Disposal Authority – General – Local Government Records
- Disposal Authority – General – State Government Information
E-F
- Elected Members' Records – Local government – SRC Policy Statement for Recordkeeping Requirements
- Email Records Management – Guideline
- Email Records – Information Sheet
- FAQ – Recordkeeping
G-H
- General Disposal Authority: Local Government Records
- General Disposal Authority for Source Records
- General Disposal Authority: State Government Information
- Glossary of Terms
- Government Loans Policy
- Government Recordkeeping – SRC Standard 1
- Government Records Relating to Children - Disposal Freeze
- Guidance for Identifying and Retaining Records Which May Become Relevant to an Actual or Alleged Incident of Child Sexual Abuse
- Guideline: Implementing a Revised Disposal Authority – Resentencing Records
- Guideline: Local Government Organization RKP Self-evaluation Checklist
- Guideline: Management of Digital Records
- Guideline: Management of Email
- Guideline: Preparing a Retention and Disposal Schedule
- Guideline: Records Retention and Disposal
- Guideline: Sanitizing Digital Media and Devices
- Handout: Simple Treatment for Damp Records
I-J
- Implementing a Revised Disposal Authority – Resentencing Records – SRO Guideline
- Information Sheet - Annual Reporting Requirements
- Information Sheet - Business Information Systems
- Information Sheet – Day Batching of State Records
- Information Sheet – Email Records
- Information Sheet - Local Government Destruction of Temorary Records
- Information Sheet – Local Government Elected Members' Records
- Information Sheet – Management of Information Following Administrative Change
- Information Sheet - Myth versus Reality
- Information Sheet – Recordkeeping Responsibilities and You
- Information Sheet - Records Disaster Management Plans
- Information Sheet – Student Guild Elected Members' Records
- Information Sheet – Vital Records
K-L
- Land Development Authorities – Sector Disposal Authority
- Local Government Destruction of Temporary Records
- Local Government Elected Members' Records – Information Sheet
- Local Government Elected Members' Records – SRC Policy Statement for Recordkeeping Requirements
- Local Government Organization RKP Self-evaluation Checklist- Guideline
- Local Government Records – General Disposal Authority
- Local Government Records Relating to Cemetery Management
M-N
- Management of Information Following Administrative Change – Information Sheet
- Managing Digital Information – SRC Standard 8
- Maturity Model – Recordkeeping
- Mental Health Services – Sector Disposal Authority
- Moving Premises – Moving Records – Circular
- Myth versus Reality - Information Sheet
- National Bodies – General Disposal Authority for Administrative Records
O-P
- ORDA – Agency User Manual
- ORDA – Short Guide to Using
- Outsourcing – SRC Standard 6
- Paper Selection
- Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwth) – Application to State Records – Circular
- Policy – Government Loans
- Policy – Preservation
- Policy Statement for Recordkeeping Requirements for Local government Elected Members' Records – SRC
- Port Authorities – Sector Disposal Authority
- Preparing a Retention and Disposal Schedule
- Preservation Policy
Q-R
- Records Retention and Disposal Instructions – SRO Guideline
- Records Disaster Management Plans
- Recordkeeping FAQ
- Recordkeeping Maturity Model
- Recordkeeping Requirements for Local Government Elected Members' Records – SRC Policy Statement
- Recordkeeping Responsibilities and You – Information Sheet
- Regional Development Commissions – Sector Disposal Authority
- Resentencing Records – Implementing a Revised Disposal Authority – SRO Guideline
- Restricted Access Archives – SRC Standard 4
- Retention and Disposal Schedule – Preparing a – Guideline
- RKP Self-evaluation Checklist – Guideline – Local Government Organizations
- RKP Self-evaluation Checklist – Guideline – State Government Organizations
S-T
- Sanitizing Digital Media and Devices – SRO Guideline
- Sector Disposal Authority for Cemetery Boards
- Sector Disposal Authority for Land Development Authorities
- Sector Disposal Authority for Mental Health Services
- Sector Disposal Authority for Port Authorities
- Sector Disposal Authority for Racing, Gaming, Wagering and Liquor Regulators
- Sector Disposal Authority for Regional Development Commissions
- Sector Disposal Authority for University Student Guilds
- Sector Disposal Authority – State Training Providers
- Sector Disposal Authority for Water Services Corporations
- Sector Disposal Authority – Western Australian University
- Short Guide to Using ORDA
- Simple Treatment for Damp Records – Handout
- Specification – Archival storage
- Specification – Digitization
- Source Records – General Disposal Authority
- SRC Policy Statement for Recordkeeping Requirements for Local Government Elected Members' Records
- SRC Standard 1: Government Recordkeeping
- SRC Standard 2: Recordkeeping Plans
- SRC Standard 3: Appraisal
- SRC Standard 4: Restricted Access Archives
- SRC Standard 6: Outsourcing
- SRC Standard 7: State Archives Retained by Government Organizations
- SRC Standard 8: Managing Digital Information
- SRO Guideline: Implementing a Revised Disposal Authority – Resentencing Records
- SRO Guideline: Management of Digital Records
- SRO Guideline: Management of Email
- SRO Guideline: Sanitizing Digital Media and Devices
- SRO Guideline: Records Retention and Disposal Instructions
- State Archives Retained by Government Organizations – SRC Standard 7
- State Government Information – General Disposal Authority
- State Government Organization RKP Self-evaluation Checklist – Guideline
- State Records Act 2000 (external site)
- State Training Providers – Sector Disposal Authority
- Student Guild Elected Members' Records – Information Sheet
- Student Guilds – University – Sector Disposal Authority
U-Z
- University Student Guilds – Sector Disposal Authority
- User Manual – Agency – ORDA
- Using ORDA – Short Guide to
- Vital Records – Information Sheet
- Western Australian University Sector Disposal Authority
Last updated 2 August 2019