ARCS On-line
Corporate Records Management Branch

 

WHAT'S NEW WITH ARCS ON-LINE

ARCS 2007 Edition Version 1.5

  1. Includes a revised Section 5, Human Resource Management (see Section 5 Amendment Summary).
  2. Includes new base retentions of CY, FY, or SO for those active retention periods that did not have a base retention designation (see Active Base Retention Changes).
  3. Includes a standardized non-OPR retention and disposition of SO, nil, DE
  4. Includes miscellaneous updates such as (see 2007 Miscellaneous Amendment Summary):
     • a new primary for First Nations legislation;
     • five new secondaries;
     • new final disposition for Cabinet committees and DM committees;
     • updates to existing primaries and secondaries such as new cross-references;
     • changes to retention periods;
     • revised and new explanatory and scope notes;
     • and revised primary and secondary titles.

ARCS 2003 Edition Version 1.4.1 May 23, 2006

  1. Includes revised selection criteria (SR) for secondaries 292-30, -40.
  2. Includes explanatory notes for secondaries 306-02, -03, -04, and 738-25.
  3. Revised primary 465, including the merging of secondary 465-40 with secondary 465-30.
  4. Includes minor revisions to the How-to-Use section.

ARCS 2003 Edition Version 1.4 July 31, 2003

  1. The 2003 edition of ARCS On-line includes all changes approved by the Legislative Assembly in May 2003.
  2. Includes a summary of 1996,  1998,  2001,  2002 and 2003 amendments.
  3. Includes revised selection criteria (SR) for secondaries 292-30, -40 and -45.
  4. Includes minor revisions such as name changes and additions/changes to subject index.

ARCS 2001 Edition Version 1.3 July 30, 2001

  1. The 2001 edition of ARCS On-line includes all changes approved by the Legislative Assembly in March 2001.
  2. Includes a summary of 1996, 1998 and 2001 amendments.
  3. Appendices A to F and Appendix H have been removed, Appendix G has been revised as a new Appendix A entitled "Standard Coding System", which provides links to BC ministry and local government codes.  Links to other web sites provide lists of federal agencies, educational institutions, school districts and provincial statutes from which file codes may be created.
  4. A revised How to Use ARCS section now incorporates information from the former Introduction and Guidelines for ARCS section.
  5. Includes the special government-wide ongoing records schedule for Year 2000 (Y2K) project documentation and test data.
  6. Includes minor editorial corrections such as typographical errors, column headers, etc.

ARCS 98 Edition Version (1.2) March 8, 1999

  1. Index for ARCS added to on-line manual and a PDF   (PDF) version generated for printing.

ARCS 98 Edition Version (1.1) October 13, 1998

  1. The 1998 edition of ARCS On-line includes all changes approved by the Legislative Assembly in July 1998.
  2. Summary pages of recent ARCS amendments for 1998 and 1996 have been added.
  3. A form for Feedback on ARCS On-line has been added.
  4. Appendix D - Local Government Codes was updated as of 22 September 1998.

ARCS 97 Edition Version (1.0) July 29, 1998

  1. ARCS On-line - Version (1.0) has increased functionality through more extensive hyperlinking.  All cross-reference notes on primary pages are now hyperlinks, as are any references to specific appendices, to another primary from within a Notes field, or from see also notes within the glossary.
  2. All appendices, except for Federal Statutes, have been added and are up to date.
  3. Agency names, phone numbers etc. that were out of date in the hardcopy manual have been updated.
  4. ARCS On-line benefits from on-line searching through its full text retrieval search engine.  However, some keywords may have only existed in the hard copy index and not in the relevant primary, so an "Add ARCS Cross-reference" option has been added to the hyperlinks at the bottom of each page.  This link will take the users to a form where they can submit their suggested additional cross-references to BC Archives for review by the ARCS Review Committee.  Updates will occur on a regular basis.
  5. The A/SA/FD codes have been added at the top of the appropriate columns for OPR and non-OPR.
  6. Improved instructions through the addition of a simple "About ARCS" page that provides new users a quick outline or overview of what ARCS is all about.
  7. An MRO contact list with email addresses is also included in ARCS On-line.
  8. ARCS On-line is available for downloading in other electronic formats, for both stand-alone viewing and printing.