Electronic Records Research 1997: Resource Materials

• According to 1995 study, 20 million new documents produced and received each year
• 7% annual growth of new records
• 8 million (about 31,000 per working day) of the new documents are records (i.e., need to be preserved for long-term)
• Only 4 million of the new records are currently captured annually by the ?official? Records and Archives management programs

Issues/Opportunities

• 50% - 60% of docs. in filing systems are duplicates
• Country/project info. scattered throughout organization
• Cross-country, regional & sectoral info. impossible to find
• Effective knowledge mgt. difficult to achieve without effective electronic records mgt. system
• ?Hidden? costs of approximately $42 million/yr. in staff time, due to document management problems