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iv. Principle of availability: One of the major objective of record management
is to preserve essential records for future reference. Record must be available when
needed. It is not necessary that all records should be instantly available. However,
records should be available in the shortest possible time. They provide the needed
information on time as per its requirement.

EXERCISE

Give short answers to the following questions.

1. What is record management? Explain its purpose.
2. What is record keeping? Explain any four objectives of record keeping.
3. What do you mean by disposal of record? Explain any four types of records.

4. Explain the principle of record management.

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