1. An archiving system for enabling searching for collections of items, the system comprising: a data store having a plurality of storage areas, each of which relates to a respective collection of items and includes a plurality of pre-determined data fields, each for storing a particular type of information; an input device having a display unit, an input unit and a processing unit, said display unit being operable to display, in the form of an image on a screen of said display unit, an archived items collection management template having a template field corresponding to each of said pre-determined data fields; and an archiving controller operable to control the transfer of data between said input device and said date store; and a document search controller operable to search content of said data store in accordance with search criteria, wherein said processing unit is operable to cause said display unit to display said archived items collection management template in respect of a particular one of said collections of items and to prompt a user to complete said template fields with data obtained by the user from manually reviewing that collection of items to capture information relevant to each of said template fields, said input unit being operable to receive the data obtained by the user, wherein said archiving controller is operable to store, in the pre-determined data fields of a one of said storage areas of said data store corresponding to said collection of items, the data from said completed template fields, and wherein said document search controller is operable to search the pre-determined data fields of said storage areas of said data store corresponding to each of said collection of items to identify ones of said collection of items which match the search criteria.