We are in an era in records management in which we must manage electronic records. But many of us are not sure just how to maintain electronic files. Do we maintain in native format; how do we maintain the integrity of the electronic file, should the metadata be maintained how do we manage the ram data, etc. All these are questions and we are all struggling for answers. I believe we look at past records management practices for possible answers as the media for record keeping has changed many times and must determine the best course of action.

The 4th Records Management Networking Forum was held on Thursday 5th November at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's London office. This event focussed on cost savings in physical records management and was well attended by law firms across the UK.

To access minutes from this meeting click here.

It was decided that the next event (14th January 2010 at CMS Cameron McKenna's London offices) will again focus on cost savings with a specific benchmarking of off-site storage vendors associated costs & services.