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Divisional Records Officer (DRO)

The CERN Archive operates with the help of Divisional Records Officers (DRO) who assist in the locating and collecting of the archival material of their respective Department, Collaboration or area of activity at CERN.

Table of contents:

• Guidelines for the Divisional Records Officers (DRO)
• What does a DRO do ?
• CERN's DROs
• Transfer list

Guidelines for the Divisional Records Officers (DRO) [Top]

This short manual gives some practical advice on how to fulfill the DRO's responsibilities. The AIP’s guidelines on Scientific Source Materials also give useful advice on what to keep.

• Guidelines for the Divisional Records Officer (DRO)
  by Anita Hollier. - April 2001. - CERN-ETT-2001-002
• Principes directeurs à l'usage des responsables divisionnaires des dossiers et de l'archivage (DRO)
  by Anita Hollier. - April 2001

What does a DRO do ? [Top]

• He/she is nominated by the Department leader or Collaboration for a period of three years, renewable.
• He/she requires the support of the Department leader, Group leaders and Departmental secretariats.
• He/she works in close collaboration with the CERN Archivist.
• He/she has the authority to implement a records management and archiving plan within the Department/Collaboration.
• He/she is empowered to advise on the creation of intermediate archives. In collaboration with the Group leaders and Departmental secretariat, and, if applicable, project leaders and spokespersons, the DRO indentifies and lists archival material, and passes information on to the CERN Archivist.
• He/she informs the CERN Archivist prior to any restructuring or cessation of activities in the division, or departure of staff who possess files of potential interest to the CERN Archive.

CERN's DROs: [Top]

BE	Beams	Anna Mackney
DG	DG Unit	Yolande Buttay (to be confirmed)
EN	Engineering	Sonia Escaffre
FP	Finance and Procurement	Sabine Roulet
GS	General Insfrastructure & Services	Caroline Laignel
HR	Human Resources	Erwin Mosselmans
IT	Information Technology	Christian Boissat
PH	Physics	Sascha Schmeling
TE	Technology	Evelyne Delucinge

Tranfer list: [Top]

• English version [doc]