With the mass of paperwork which today's high-speed machines can produce, the job of filing and retrieving records and of records management is increasing in importance. Results of a follow-up of previous students in records management emphasize the value of such training in the preparation of future office workers. (Author/SC)

A junk mail filing simulation is described as a simple but effective approach to teaching records management. Implementation of the approach is described in sixteen steps. Eight objectives and five variations to the simulation are included. (SH)

Discusses records management principles which provide the "whys" for practices and procedures in an efficient filing system and suggests techniques for incorporating these principles into filing instruction and for helping students develop an understanding of procedures involved in processing, storing, and retrieving records. (TA)

Supporting performance objective 19 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on maintaining news files are included in this packet. (The packet is the ninth in a set of nine on maintaining files and a library--CE 016 939 947.) the student…

Supporting performance objectives 21, 25, and 26 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on specialized rules for alphabetical filing are included in this packet. (The packet is the second in a set of nine on maintaining files and a…

Supporting performance objectives 21, 25, and 26 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on filing materials alphabetically by governmental rules are included in this packet. (The packet is the third in a set of nine on maintaining files and…

Supporting performance objective 22 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on filing materials numerically are included in this packet. (The packet is the fourth in a set of nine on maintaining files and a library--CE 016 939-947.) The…

Supporting performance objectives 21, 25, and 26 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on the basic rules of filing alphabetically are included in this packet. (The packet is the first in a set of nine on maintaining files and a…

Supporting performance objectives 27 and 15 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on managing records systems are included in this packet. (The packet is the seventh in a set of nine on maintaining files and a library--CE 016 939-947.) The…

Supporting performance objective 20 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on developing a records system are included in this packet. (The packet is the eighth in a set of nine on maintaining files and a library--CE 016 939-947.) The…

Supporting performance objective 23 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on filing materials geographically are included in this packet. (The packet is the fifth in a set of nine on maintaining files and a library--CE 016 939-947.) The…