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Term | records lifecycle

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  • n., A model of records management and archival science that characterizes the life span of a record as comprising eight sequential stages: creation or receipt; classification; maintenance and use; disposition through destruction or transfer to an archival institution or agency; description in archival finding aids; preservation; reference and use. See also: active records; inactive records; records continuum; semiactive records.