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iassist-786	Knoppers, Jake	A Strategy for Archiving Government Data to Meet the Needs of the Research Community	1981	7	.pdf	application/pdf	5340	116	24	AND IMPROPER DESTRUCTION MUST CALL FOR AUTOMATIC PENALTIES Through the establishment of authorized records retention and disposal schedules, the Dominion Archivist ensures efficicnl and cost-effective management of government records, destroying those records of no further use or value and selecting for permanent retention those records having historical or research value • THE DOMINION ARCHIVIST MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECLARE ANY GOVERNMENT RECORD OR A COPY THEREOF AN ARCHIVAL RECORD AND WHERE A COPY IS CONCERNED TAKE EARLY POSSESSION WHERE EFFICIENCY OR THE NATURE OF THE RECORD DICTATES The greater proportion of administrative data are created as a result of ongoing programs Such data ac generically known as case Hies, i.e.. nies containing records related to speciHc repealable actions, events, persons, organizations, products, objects, etc and which are usually filed and retrieved by name, number or any other systematic identifier For the sake of administrative efficiency and timely delivery of programs the government has in recent years resorted to technologies which help it reduce the paper-shuffling. guaranteeing anonymity, would cover over 91)% of Ihe research needs Should an individual researcher not agree with such conditions, one would expect him to raise the question of public access (as distinguished from access for research purposes under specified conditions) either through the path open to him under freedom of information legislation or through the consultative channels between the research community and the government The above is an outline of the basic political-legal environment for government records which would ensure that both administrative and research needs can be met The reason for the statements made in this section wil become apparent in the model solution A MODEL SOLUTION Basic Approach The public ai large benefits from legitimate uses of administrative data for research and analysis by government, businesses, non-profit organizations, academics, etc.	cache/iassist-786.pdf	txt/iassist-786.txt