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Inactive records
Records no longer required by their creating unit or other units to carry on current business and therefore ready for final disposition in accordance with the University Records Retention and Disposition Schedule.
See also retired records.
Inclusive dates
The earliest and latest dates of record materials being described. These dates are usually the date a record was created or the date a form was completed.
See also bulk dates.
Instrument of donation
A contract transferring title to personal property without recompense; also known as deed of gift. This signed instrument establishes and sets down conditions governing the transfer of title to documents and specifies any restrictions on access or use.
Internet
A computer network of smaller and more specialized computer networks. Popular usage, "The Information Superhighway."
Inventory
- A basic archival finding aid whose unit of entry is usually the series. An inventory generally includes a brief administrative history of the organization(s) whose records are being described as well as descriptions of the records. Series descriptions give as a minimum such data as title, inclusive dates, quantity, arrangement, relationships to other series, and scope and content notes. Inventories may also contain appendices that provide such supplementary information as container lists, folder lists, a glossary of abbreviations and special terms, lists of file units on special subjects, indices, and classification plans/schemes.
- In records management, a detailed listing of the contents, function, volume, scope, and complexity of an organization's records, usually compiled for the purpose of creating a records schedule. (SAA)
