About: This advice refers to physical records. The storage of digital records on network servers, in data centres, or in the cloud is NOT covered by the scope of this guidance. The protection and recovery of digital records needs be addressed within your Public Office’s business continuity plan.
12.1 Conclusion
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking ‘disasters will not happen to my organisation’.
Disasters are a real threat to all public offices and without proper counter disaster strategies, they can be devastating in both operational and financial terms. Implementing good counter disaster strategies will allow your organisation to meet legal and statutory requirements, and to safeguard valuable records and information resources.
12.2 Acknowledgements
Heritage Collections Council, Be prepared: guidelines for small museums for writing a disaster preparedness plan, 2000 at https://aiccm.org.au/sites/default/files/docs/CAN_resources2014/beprepar...
National Archives of Australia, Disaster Preparedness Manual for Commonwealth Agencies, Canberra 2000, at http://www.naa.gov.au/Images/disaster-manual_tcm16-47280.pdf
NSW State Records and Archives, Counter Disaster Strategies for records and recordkeeping systems, revised 2005, at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/recordkeeping/advice/counter-disaster-str...
NSW State Records and Archives, Disaster management overview, 2017, at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/recordkeeping/advice/disaster-management/...
NSW State Records and Archives, Recovery Checklist at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/recordkeeping/advice/disaster-management/...
NSW Treasury, Risk Management Toolkit, 2017 at https://www.treasury.nsw.gov.au/information-public-entities/governance-r...
State Records of South Australia, Records Management Disaster Planning Toolkit, 2007 at https://government.archives.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/20120125%20Rec...
Tasmania Archive and Heritage Office, Information Management Advice 26 Disaster Preparedness and Recovery, 2017 at https://www.informationstrategy.tas.gov.au/Records-Management-Principles...
Queensland Government, Business continuity and disaster management for records, updated 2018 at https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/disaster-management-records