Dictionary definition(s) for: inactive record

• n., A record that is no longer used in the day-to-day course of business, but which may be kept and occasionally used for legal, historical, or operational purposes. Syn.: non-current record.
  [ Archives - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp
  See Also:

  • active record
  • obsolete record
  • semiactive record
  • records lifecycle
• n., [Defined as NON-CURRENT RECORDS] Records no longer needed for current business.
  [ Archives - Dictionary of Archival Terminology ]
  Dictionary of Archival Terminology. 2nd rev. ed. Edited by Peter Walne. New York: K.G. Saur, 1988.
• n., A record which is no longer needed for the ongoing activity of their creator.
  [ Archives - Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records , Page: 117 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, Terry Eastwood, and Heather MacNeil. Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
• n., Records no longer needed by their creator to conduct current business.
  [ 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 which are no longer needed for ongoing agency business.
  [ Archives - The InterPARES 1 Project Glossary , Page: 360 ]
  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.