Policies / Guidelines

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• University Records Guidelines
  • Electronic Desktop (.pdf)
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  • Faculty Files (.pdf)
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  • Managing E-Mail

E-Mail Management: A Guide for Harvard Administrators

This guideline is intended to be used by heads of University offices to establish policies and procedures for managing their offices' e-mail as records. Administrators should work with their information technology departments to determine how best to implement these policies and procedures and consult with Records Management Services to ensure that they are consistent with University record keeping policies.

Offices must make provisions to stop deletion of e-mail messages in the event of audit, litigation, investigation or other legal event.

For more information or assistance, contact Records Management Services.