«The past is not the future for information users and records managers. The process of moving from a past full of inaccessible paper documents stored in file cabinets often removed from the information user to a future where digital records are created, accessed and managed in real time through computer networks is a giant leap for mankind. There is a time for change, and that time is now. Records Management is at the heart of this change«

2006. Business Activity Structure Classification System (BASCS) Guidance. Library and Archives Canada.