to the creation 
stage because of the ease and the speed with which digital objects can be manipulated, deleted 
by accident or on purpose, or lost to technological obsolescence.  
The notion that records preservation starts at the creation stage requires that preservation 
considerations be incorporated and manifested in the design of record-making and 
recordkeeping systems. Each aggregation of records appraised for preservation should be 
identified in accordance with the classification scheme and the re