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Records continuum
A records management and archival theory developed in Australia which offers an alternative to the life cycle model and is particularly relevant to the electronic environment. The continuum approach rejects the time-based, linear approach, in which records progress through different stages in their lifecycle; instead it posits that records can be used simultaneously for many different purposes - e.g. serving current organisational needs, being managed and preserved in an archive, and forming a resource for researchers. It stresses the overlap between traditional records management and archival activities, which have historically been seen as distinct.
