Records Management

Chapter 12: Records management support for schools

Advice and services

The department’s Records and Mail Services unit provides records management advice and services to schools including:

• advice on how to apply the Records Management policy, guidance and resources in your school
• remediation of damaged records
• managing records from closed and merged schools, including transferring records to off-site storage
• transferring permanent school records to the State Archives.

Schools Records Management Program

The Schools Records Management Program supports schools to better manage their records.

Schools that participate in the program receive:

• assistance and on-site advice from specialist archivists
• collection, digitisation and transfer of permanent records to the State Archives (schools receive a copy of some of the digitised permanent records)
• support to dispose of time-expired records.

Contact Records and Mail Services at archives.records@education.vic.gov.au for information on participating in the program.

Further information

Contact the Records and Digitisation Services team on 1800 359 140 or at archives.records@education.vic.gov.au