NBN ISO 24083:2021

This document 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 general 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.
This document 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. When applying this document
to archives that also perform records management functions, the archives can exclude statistics that
pertain to its records management functions, including measures pertaining to holdings and their
usage and preservation, funding and expenditures, space and facilities, staffing and management.