BS ISO 24083:2021

What is ISO 24083 about?  

ISO 24083 specifies guidelines for the archives community on the collection and reporting of statistics for the following purposes: 

• Strategic planning and internal management of archives 
• Aggregating and comparing operational and performance statistics at regional, national, and international levels 
• Reporting to stakeholders such as funding institutions, politicians, researchers, and the public 
• Promoting the role and value of archives for advancing learning and research, education and culture, and social and economic life 
• Improving the management of processes, reinforcing transparency, and supporting good governance. 

Note: ISO 24083 does not apply to records centres responsible for records that are still in the legal custody of the organization that created or received them, although it is recognized that some archives also have responsibilities for appraising, acquiring, and managing the current records of organizations that can or not be transferred to the archives for permanent retention.  

Note: When applying this ISO 24083 to archives that also perform records management functions, the archives can exclude statistics that pertain to its records management functions, including measures about holdings and their usage and preservation, funding and expenditures, space, and facilities, staffing and management. 

Who is ISO 24083 for? 

ISO 24083 on Information and documentation is useful for: 

• Government 
• Management committee of an organization  
• Research and Development  

Why should you use ISO 24083?  

Archives vary significantly in terms of size, activities, the target groups they seek to serve, and the functions they fulfil in society, from small local archives appealing to local communities or private owners to comprehensive national or international organizations across the world. These archives help to evaluate, select, acquire, preserve, maintain, and provide access to irreplaceable documents to social institutions, and help in research fields.  

ISO 24083 helps in evaluating and comparing the values that archives provide for individuals and societies.  Archives statistics help you in strategic planning, decision making, grant applications, and justification of resource allocations, statistics on a national scale and helps to develop national archives policy and funding strategies of archives.  

 ISO 24083 helps in detecting the errors and misrepresentation and helps to report on time of archive organization. s 

ISO 24083 helps in collecting statistical data which helps to measure the progress done to achieve goals and objectives.  

ISO 24083 will help the users in collecting, reporting, and evaluating the archive performance through archive statistics. With the help of these statistics, it will be easy to decide on important matters and help in improving national policies, also improving the management process.