VPRS 15756 General Correspondence Files, Alpha-Numeric System, Corporate Resources Unit

Full description

This series comprises general correspondence files maintained by the Corporate Resources unit of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (VA 4411).

The files were arranged according to an alpha-numeric classification system. All files, previously kept in subject based lever-arch folders were incorporated into the new system. This series included files created by the Corporate Resources unit of Cinemedia (VA4117) which was an administrative predecessor of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. As a result, the date range of the contents of this series pre-dates the creating agency's date range.

It appears that this system was introduced sometime in 2003 when, in the absence of a central records management system, a number of business units established their own file classification schemes in order to maintain a better control over their records.

Physical files were identified by an allocated alpha-numeric code only. File classification details were not included on file covers.