 and maintenance of records to meet its administrative, programmatic, legal, financial and historical needs and responsibilities. [Archives] 
preservation. [Archives] 
n., The person responsible for the management of active and semiactive records of a creator. The role of a records manager should be that of a trusted records officer. Syn.: records keeper; records officer. [Models (MCP)] 
preservation of all form of recorded information produced by an organization in the conduct of its operations. [Archives]