sary to fulfil its responsibilities, which 
should be acquired through formal education in records and archives administration; and  
• 
establish a trusted preservation system that is capable of ensuring that accurate and 
authentic copies of the creator’s records are acquired and preserved. 
For as long as the records are maintained by the creator in its recordkeeping system, they 
are active or semi-active records,22 although under the responsibility of a trusted records officer. 
A records custodian tru