Open and Distance Learning today encounter a much wider range of records, paper based and electronic, than they with ten years ago given the nature of their students. ODL institutions are creating e-records through the use of office automation tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, email and database management software, all running on personal computers. This study attempted to give the strategies of e-records management in an ODL set up given its numbers of students. The case study

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... ach utilising in-depth interviews was used to gain insight into e-records management. The participants of the study were academics and registry staff of two ODL institutions. The findings of the study were that paper and electronic records management must be closely coordinated. The study proposes that the professionals need to manage e-records throughout their life cycle, following a continuum of care.