Electronic Records Retention: New Strategies for Data Life Cycle Management.

• Position: Book Review

David O. Stephens, CRM, CMC, FAI, and Roderick C. Wallace, CRM

Building on their 1995 groundbreaking book on electronic records retention, David Stephens and Roderick Wallace have authored a comprehensive new book that defines a practical methodology for applying the principles of records retention to computer-based recordkeeping environments.

The book includes chapters on the business case for electronic records retention; a cost-benefit analysis for retaining versus scheduling and purging electronic records; desktop environments; e-mail retention; Web environments; digital preservation/long-term data retention; legacy data; legislation and court cases; and case studies.

This new book also addresses the implications of the international records management...