Dictionary definition(s) for: active record

• n., A record needed by the creator for the purpose of carrying out the action for which it was created or for frequent reference. Syn.: current record.
  [ Archives - Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records , Page: 108 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, Terry Eastwood, and Heather MacNeil. Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
  See Also:

  • inactive record
  • semiactive record
  • records lifecycle
• n., Records needed by the creator for the purpose of carrying out the actions for which they were created or for frequent reference. Syn.: current records.
  [ Archives - The InterPARES 1 Project Glossary , Page: 356 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, ed. The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/display_file/ip1_glossary.pdf.
  See Also:

  • inactive record
  • semiactive record
• n., A record needed by its creator for the purpose of carrying out actions
  [ Archives - The InterPARES 1 Project Glossary , Page: 357 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, ed. The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/book.
• n., Archival documents regularly maintained and used by their creator.
  [ Archives - School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) Glossary ]
  School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. "Select List of Archival Terminology." School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/students/Archival_Terminology.pdf.
• n., Information stored on computer systems that can be readily accessed by the operating system or software without a need to reload media, undelete the information, or reconstruct the information from other sources.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
• n., Records regularly used for the conduct of the current business of their creator and that, therefore, continue to be maintained in office space.
  [ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
• n., Records that continue to be used with sufficient frequency to justify keeping them in the office of creation.
  [ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp