The linear metre is an essential unit of measurement in the world of records and information management. With good reason: linear metres refer to the quantity of documents stored on a shelf. [...] Read more
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The ability to retrieve a filed document at any given moment is a challenge for every business. To help your company streamline this process, companies like AGS Records Management offer to optimise the management of your stored documents. [...] Read more
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These days, indexing is the act of cataloguing and labelling the individual units of an archival collection, but the word first held a very different meaning. [...] Read more
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At a time when customers expect ever greater speed and responsiveness, companies need to be able to respond with agility. Retrieving an archive should not be difficult and should not affect the productivity of the company. It is therefore in companies' best interest to archive their documents and do so in a well-considered manner. [...] Read more
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Made famous in French by the poet and screenwriter Jacques Prévert, the word "inventory" has long been used by literature and law. Now it covers very different meanings in different fields. [...] Read more
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For some, the word archive evokes dusty documents stuffed into boxes, stacked in a corner and forgotten. Boxes that we dare not approach for fear of not finding THE document that we have been trying to track down for weeks. [...] Read more
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Work is almost complete on the new records management centre commissioned by the AGS Group for construction just outside the Rwandan capital, Kigali. [...] Read more
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A look at the world of records management and how it is evolving for the digital age, by Karen Truebody, International Director, AGS Records Management. The retention of company records is not a choice, it’s a requirement. [...] Read more
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AGS Mauritius launched its records management services a few months ago, and recently hosted an open day to promote the service to its economic partners. [...] Read more
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The 8th annual ICA Conference took place this year in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and brought together hundreds of archiving professionals from all over the world. [...] Read more
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