Resource Library

Simplify your compliance journey with the IRMS Records Management Toolkit for Schools and Academies.

The LGFCS provides local government professionals with a framework to create a new functional corporate file plan and can also provide an information architecture basis for other types of organisations.

This toolkit looks to simplify the world of information management for a sector that faces particular challenges.

The IRMS’ Higher and Further Education Group contributed to the 2025 re-development of Jisc’s Business Classification Scheme and Records Retention Schedule, a valuable tool for HE & FE institutions.

The Information Governance Maturity Model for Microsoft 365 is a framework designed to help organisations benchmark and improve the way that they are governing information in Microsoft 365.

View supporting material concerning the Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Records specification and other comparable specifications from all over the world.

The IRMS have curated a list of links to the many standards and regulations that cover various aspects of information and records management.

The Legal Records at Risk (LRAR) three-year project sought to facilitate the rescue for posterity of private sector legal records of archival value in England and Wales.

The FOIMan site was run by Paul Gibbons from 2010 to 2020, providing a valuable blog and other resources about Freedom of Information. The site was retired in 2020 and passed to the IRMS so that the content can remain available for reference.

The Forum is a free-to-join group for Data Governance and Security professionals in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Falkland Islands and Bermuda. It is independent of the IRMS but we have a joint working arrangement to support each other.

Enjoy the latest online clickable edition of the IRMS Bulletin – exclusively for IRMS members!

View all historical editions of the IRMS Bulletin dating from October 2000 (issue 99).

Free-to-access articles published by winners and runners-up in the IRMS New Professionals Award.

Explore our collection of IRMS webinars, designed to share knowledge, best practice, and expert insights across information governance, records management, and data protection.

These are all copies of presentations given at IRMS events.

In this 2014-2021 series, Heather Jack and James Lappin discuss key issues in records management and information governance with thought leaders, practitioners and vendors.