Keeping up standards: a phrase that means many things to many people. To recordkeepers it is central to efficiency and expertise. In a 1998 presentation, Michael Hoyle, the manager of the Statutory-Regulatory Group of Archives New Zealand (formerly the National Archives of New Zealand) shows the relevance of recordkeeping standards to information management professionals. He identifies definitions, types of standards, standard setting organisations and shows how they may help improve recordkeeping.