Transfer
Moving records from one location or custodian to another — for example, from an agency to an archives for permanent preservation, or to off-site storage for inactive records.
Transfer is the movement of records from one custodian or location to another. It takes two common forms in records management. Transfer to an archives moves permanently valuable records to an archival institution (such as the National Archives) for ongoing preservation; this is a disposition action and is paired with accession by the receiving archives. Transfer to storage moves inactive records to a records center or off-site facility for cost-effective keeping during the remainder of their retention period.
In the U.S. federal government, transfers of permanent records to NARA are now electronic by default — analog transfers are generally no longer accepted — reflecting the broader move to electronic recordkeeping.