Dictionary definition(s) for: records lifecycle

• n., A model of records management and archival science that characterizes the life span of a record as comprising eight sequential stages: creation or receipt; classification; maintenance and use; disposition through destruction or transfer to an archival institution or agency; description in archival finding aids; preservation; reference and use.
  See Also:

  • active record
  • inactive record
  • semiactive record
  • records continuum
• n., The theory that records go through four distinct stages of change in activity, including creation or receipt, use and maintenance, in-active storage, and disposition (destruction or transfer to an archives).
  [ 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