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Efficient management of University records is important to support University core functions, to comply with its legal and regulatory obligations and to enable the effective management of the institution. To help meet this challenge, Print Services offers a fast and efficient in house scanning service.
Scanning![Scanning Services button click through for the Scanning Services page](/media-library/sites/print-services/images/Scanningservicebutton.jpg)
Scanning Services – scanning of all kinds of documents including large plans. These can be scanned with or without OCR (Optical Character Recognition).
Physical Storage![Physical Storage button click through to access Physical Storage page](/media-library/sites/print-services/images/Physicalstoragebutton.jpg)
Physical Storage – where storage is unavoidable, physical storage can be arranged off-site, with or without scanning.
Document and Data Policies![UoB Document Retention and Data policies button click through for the Document Retention and Data policies page](/media-library/sites/print-services/images/Uobdocumentretentionanddatapoliciesbutton.jpg)
The above link will open a new page to the Secretary’s Office with the University policies for data retention and important data legislation. This opens in a new window.