Does DCR recommend or approve hardware or software for use in conjunction with electronic records management?
No. The Department of Cultural Resources does not endorse, warrant, certify, or approve any particular hardware or software product or product combination used in any electronic records management activity. While North Carolina Guidelines for Managing Public Records Produced by Information Technology Systems provides general guidance as to the processes that help ensure legal acceptance of digital records, the implementation of these processes, including the specifications for products used therein, quite rightly remains at the discretion of the individual public agency. In the future, specific file formats and software applications might be required in conjunction with the global management of North Carolina’s digital public records, but any such requirements would be developed in close partnership with state and local agencies.
