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OM Unit 5
Arkansas Frameworks Glossary Terms for Office Managment Unit 5: Records Mgmt
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accession log | a list of numbers assigned in a numeric filing system |
| Alphabetic filing | filing records alphabetically according to letters and words (names, subjects, or geographic locations) that are used as captions on the guides and folders |
| Archive | storage area that is dedicated to organizing and preserving records |
| Chronological order | the filing of records according to date |
| Coding | the process of marking a symbol or other identification on the record to indicate how it is indexed |
| File | a collection of related information treated as a unit |
| Filing | the process of storing office records in an orderly manner within an organized system |
| Geographic filing | filing records according to geographic location |
| Hard copy | a paper printout |
| Indexing | the process of deciding how to identify a record to be filed |
| Label | written or keyed captions used to identify folders, guides, or file drawers in a paper filing system |
| Manual records management | a set of procedures used to organize, store, retrieve, remove, and dispose of paper records |
| Micrographics | documents reduced in size and stored on film |
| Middle-digit filing | method of numeric filing in which the middle two or three digits of each record number are used as the primary division under which each record is filed |
| Numeric filing | arranging records by numbers |
| Records management | management and control of all of a business’s records (paper and paperless) from receipt or creation, through processing, storage, retrieval, and disposal |
| Sort | a preliminary step in filing that involves separating items into categories prior to the actual filing of documents into designated folders/files |
| Subject filing | records arranged by topic |
| Surname | the last name of an individual |
| Terminal-digit filing | a kind of numeric filing in which the last two or three digits of each record number serve as the primary division under which a record is filed |