In compliance with the agency’s publication distribution policies, NARA is moving toward disseminating all records management publications and posters primarily via the Internet. The publications and posters may be downloaded and reproduced as needed.

Limited quantities of some of these publications and posters may be available in hard copy format. Requests should be sent to:

National Archives and Records Administration
Life Cycle Management Division
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001

Telephone: 301-837-3560
Fax: 301-837-3699
E-mail: records.mgt@nara.gov

• Posters
• Publications

• Our Records/Your Responsibilities
  Outlines basic recordkeeping responsibilities of employees.



• The National Archives Entrusted with the Record of Our Nation's Government
  Illustrates various types and sources of records at the National Archives.

Does this look like your office? Encourages employees to take National Archives and Records Administration core records management training courses.

Electronic Records - the Wave of the Future Learn how to manage your electronic records when you take the electronic records management class.

E-Commerce Encourages employees to take managing electronic records classes because of the increasing changes in electronic record keeping.

Learn About Records Management from the Experts Lists records management training classes provided by the National Archives and Records Administration.

The Written Word Endures Stresses the importance of documenting meetings, telephone calls, and electronic mail communications.

You Can't Take It With You Reminds departing officials not to remove Federal records.

Don't Kill Your Reputation; Organize Your Information Reminds employees that organized records help agencies provide good service.

"Cut Off" Your Files Before They Cut You Off Points out the need to make chronological divisions in subject and case files.

Moving? Consolidating? Reorganizing? Records management steps to take in times of change.

In 200 Years, Will People Remember. . .? Reminds employees that the records they use today may be tomorrow's historical documents.

• Agency Recordkeeping Requirements
  Provides guidance on establishing policies and procedures for ensuring complete and accurate documentation of Federal agency activities, with an emphasis on changes brought by office automation. (1995), 25 pp.



• Disposition of Federal Records
  Explains how to develop, implement, and evaluate records disposition programs in Federal agencies. Includes links to the texts of Federal laws and regulations affecting records disposition. (2000 web edition based on the 1997 edition), 141 pp.



• Documenting Your Public Service
  Provides guidance to high-level officials on maintaining records and personal material in their offices. Updates and replaces the publication entitled, Personal Papers of Executive Branch Officials. (2000), 14 pp.



• General Records Schedules (1998)
  
  
• Managing Audiovisual Records
  Provides guidance and describes how to effectively manage audiovisual materials throughout their life cycle. Includes the regulations, maintenance and scheduling information, and record elements for archival materials. (1996), 51 pp.
  
  
• Managing the Records of Temporary Commissions, (1989), 20 pp. plus appendixes
  
  
• Managing X-Ray Films as Federal Records
  Provides guidance on how to maintain and manage X-ray film as records throughout their life cycle. (2000), 10 pp.



• Moving? Consolidating? Reorganizing?
  Pamphlet describing steps to protect records during a move or a reorganization. (1996), 4 pp.



• Personal Papers of Executive Branch Officials
  This has been replaced by Documenting Your Public Service.



• Records Management Self-Evaluation Guide
  Provides a high-level framework for evaluating a Federal agency records management program. (1995), 22 pp.



• Records Management Training
  Describes courses and training services offered by NARA's Office of Modern Records Programs, along with related training sponsored by other NARA offices. (2001), 28 pp.



• Vital Records and Records Disaster Mitigation and Recovery
  Provides guidance on how to manage vital records throughout their life cycle, to protect them from loss in a disaster, and to assist in recovery should a disaster occur. (1996), 90 pp.