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Leisure and culture retention schedule

Version 9.0, adopted April 2025, expires end April 2027. Renewal synchronised across Place department.


A combined Place department retention schedule is available as a PDF in the EDRM Retention Schedules folder.

See an explanation of the 6+ Rule and all other standard disposition codes.

Stock management

LEIS 01.01: Selection stock for acquisition

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Stock acquisitions

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 01.02: Ordering library stock

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Orders

Rationale: Financial regulations

Location: Library management system

LEIS 01.03: Maintaining stock catalogues

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Catalogues

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 01.04: Arranging, displaying, and promoting stock

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Displays and promotions

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 01.05: Managing the circulation of stock

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Circulation lists

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 01.06-07: Numbers not used

Formerly referred to 'stock servicing' records.

LEIS 01.08: Confirming the acquisition of stock

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Delivery notes

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

Membership administration and management

LEIS 02.01: Administering membership based public services

Disposition: 6+ (inactive memberships)

Terminated membership: D<1

Example(s):

  • Library membership details

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 02.02: Administering the suspension of library members

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Investigations

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

Loans administration

LEIS 03.01: Administering uncharged stock loads

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Loans

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 03.02: Administering charged stock loans

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Loans

Rationale: Common financial practice

Location: Library management system

LEIS 03.03: Administering overdue charges

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Overdue notices

Rationale: Common financial practice

Location: Library management system

LEIS 03.04: Investigating non-returned items

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Investigation notes

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 03.05: Number not used

Formerly: The process of recovering debt

Disposition: Destroy 6 years from the conclusion of recovery action

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Common financial practice

LEIS 03.06: Administering public lending rights

Disposition: 6+

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 03.07: Processing requests

Disposition: 6+

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Library management system

LEIS 03.08: Administering inter-library loans

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Loan correspondence

Rationale: Common financial practice

Location: Library management system

LEIS 03.09: Administration of community managed libraries

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Record of services provided by organisations

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: To be maintained by CML service providers

Information communication technology (ICT) access administration

These retention periods apply only to administration records of ICT systems offered to council service users. For advice covering records of administration more broadly, see Management and Administration retention guidelines. For advice covering ICT records, see ICT Services retention schedule.

LEIS 04.01: Administering registration to use ICT equipment

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Registration data for guest account (not library members)

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas / electronic

LEIS 04.02: Number not used

LEIS 04.03: Monitoring public access ICT use

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Monitoring reports

Rationale: Serious Crime Act 2015, part 2

Location: Audit services

LEIS 04.04: Investigating and enforcing responses to ICT misuse

Disposition: CASE+6 (closure point: conclusion of investigation or enforcement action)

Example(s):

  • Investigation notes

Rationale: Serious Crime Act 2015, part 2

Location: Audit services

Home library service and mobile libraries

LEIS 05.01: Assessing home reader service provision

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Usage statistics

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 05.02: Administering service provision

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Usage statistics

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 05.03: Administering mobile service routes

Disposition: 6+

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

Reader development and events management

LEIS 06.01: Developing, administering, and delivering library and archive outreach and activity programmes

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Reader development events, creative writing groups, children's event publicity, community engagement and arts event files

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 06.02: Number not used

Formerly: Reader / writer groups (see LEIS 06.01)

Reprographics and income generation

LEIS 07.01: Administering reprographics services

Disposition: 6+

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Limitations Act 1980

Location: Service areas

LEIS 07.02: Recording copyright declarations arising from reprographics services

Disposition: 6+

  • Copyright declarations

Rationale: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Location: Service areas

LEIS 07.03: Managing research requests

Covers all records generated

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Communications from the public asking for assistance with research enquiries, order forms for paid research service, replies to requests

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 08.01-2: Numbers not used

Formerly: Children's library services:

  • Developing reading for children (formerly LEIS 08.01): see LEIS 06.01
  • School Library Service (formerly LEIS 08.02): see LEIS 06.01. For archival records of the service, see Derbyshire Record Office catalogue

Access and inclusion

LEIS 09.01: Promoting access and inclusion within leisure and culture services

Disposition: 6+

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

Archives and local studies

For records of responses to research requests concerning archives and local studies collections - See 7.03

LEIS 10.01: Recording the acquisition and management of archives and local studies collections

Disposition: PERM

Example(s):

  • Accession receipts, depositor correspondence, agreements with donors of images to Picture The Past, Conservation work (inc monitoring use in exhibitions and events)

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Paper files, EDRM, Calm system

LEIS 10.02: Monitoring the environmental conditions of archive storage areas

Disposition: 6+

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 10.03: Tracking access to archival collections

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Document request slips

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 10.04: Number not used

Formerly: The process of managing user registration to access archives and local studies collections

LEIS 11.01-04: Numbers not used

Formerly: Administration of the Arts Service (funding withdrawn 2023). For archival records, see Derbyshire Record Office catalogue. Rules governing legacy records are as follows:

  • Administration of grants (formerly LEIS 11.01): see FIN 01.03
  • Arts projects and events (formerly LEIS 11.02): see LEIS 06.01
  • Artists mailing list (formerly LEIS 11.03): delete, see MAR 04.07
  • Web content (formerly LEIS 11.04): delete, see DIG 02.03

Museum services

For records of responses to research requests concerning museum collections - See 7.03

LEIS 12.01: Recording the acquisition and management of museum collections

Disposition: PERM

Example(s):

  • Entry forms
  • Accession registers
  • Correspondence
  • Valuations
  • Records of significance to the institutional history of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 12.02: Monitoring loans into and out of the museum

Disposition: PERM

Example(s):

  • Loans agreements
  • Entry / exit forms
  • Correspondence

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 12.03: Monitoring the environmental conditions of museum galleries and storage areas

Disposition: 6+

Example(s): None given

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 12.04: Managing financial grants for museum related capital projects

Disposition: PERM

Example(s):

  • Application forms
  • Routine reports
  • Publicity
  • Evaluation

Rationale: Business requirement

Location: Service areas

LEIS 12.05: Managing financial grants for museum related revenue projects

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Application forms
  • Routine reports
  • Publicity
  • Evaluation

Rationale: Common financial practice

Location: Service areas

LEIS 12.06: Delivering a museum's exhibition programme

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Artist agreement
  • Exhibition lists
  • Indemnity agreements
  • Comments sheets
  • Publicity

Location: Service areas

Note: comments books and other exhibition records may be classified under LEIS 12.01 if they have an enduring value to the history of the museum.

Rationale: Business requirement

LEIS 12.07: Delivering a museum events and activities programme

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Agreements with organisers
  • Comments sheets
  • Publicity

Location: Service areas

Note: comments books and other events records may be classified under LEIS 12.02 if they have an enduring value to the history of the museum. 

Rationale: Business requirement

LEIS 13.01 to 13.03: Numbers not used

Formerly referred to records of Derbyshire Sport.