[ RadSafe ] Electronic Record Keeping

[KARAM, PHILIP]

I would second Dimiter's comment regarding electronic records. Archaeologists have recovered legible paper and papyrus from Chinese and Egyptian tombs that are millennia old - not to mention the Dead Sea Scrolls - but I can't read the 5 1/4" floppy disk that my MS thesis was saved on. There is certainly nothing wrong with keeping the bulk of your records electronically - especially those that have a relatively short retention period. But I really think that, for absolutely vital records, there's no substitute for something tangible (paper, microfiche, etc.) to ensure that they can be read at least a few decades from now. And lest you scoff - when working on the EEOICPA dose reconstruction project we were often working with records that were 60 years old. 

Andy


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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Electronic Record Keeping

I would like to get the group's opinion regarding electronic record keeping and the potential of going to a "nearly" paperless system.  Landauer has already started pushing industrial users to go paperless and there may come a time when we might see an advantage to storing many files electronically.
Redundancy and security are primary concerns.

Have a good weekend!

Thanks

Best Regards,


Hans

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