Protecting Vital Records from Disaster
Traditionally, vital records were the least interesting or desirable collection to steward in archives and records management. Vital records predated the digital era and
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Government Archives; Democracy in Action
…the official ownership of records of the different branches is often complicated.
The Role of Records Management
The breadth of government records is…
Deciding Records Retention Parameters: A Primer
…Several have their own records management groups, where records managers share common practices and approaches to records management. One of the benchmarks for determining whether…
Change and Continuity with Analog and Digital Records
Two major events affecting archives and records management have occurred. The basic principles, while still valid, need to be adapted to the contemporary information
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How Electronic Records and Physical Records Differ
…who have worked in records management or the private sector have another. Although this is an overly broad characterization, it has a basis in fact….
Records and Business Change
…told that specific documentation (often in hard copy) was created because records management requires it, even though no such requirement exists. Archivists and records managers…
Archival Filing, Retrieval, and Management
…was implemented in paper by trained staff who did nothing but file. Today information professionals are asking everyone to know enough about records management filing…
9th Annual Midwest KM Symposium: Part 2 – Zach Wahl
…author, organize, manage, and publish content on a website. Examples: SiteCore GraphCMS CloudCMS Drupal WordPress Contentful Document & records Management: Designed to manage, secure, and…
Preserving Organizational History
…records following records management guidelines
Sometimes these record-keeping duties fall to interns, junior employees, or other non-professionals. Unfortunately, using unskilled but well-meaning archival labor
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Authenticity, Reliability, Integrity, and Usability
…comments and corrections to the draft minutes, and the official meeting minutes. An organization with an established archives and records management program should know which…
Recordkeeping Governance Policies
…the roles and responsibilities of employees to create and maintain records and the authorized duties and activities of the archives and records management programs. Accountability…
Records Recovery for Vital Records
…suit. Word spread about their practices, and eventually instituted a records management program, but that was after millions in settlement costs.
Prepare and Respond
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…and Post-Master’s in Archives & Records Management, both from Drexel University. Margot is also a popular guest author for Lucidea’s Think Clearly Blog, and regularly…
Preserving the Usability of Digital Records
…version of a document is final, but that is more of an active than an inactive records management issue. The key demands are that the…
On-site or Off-site Storage – Part 2: Making Decisions
…materials in off-site and remote records storage facilities is routine. Records are retrievable should they be needed; a most irregular occurrence.
Records management programs…
Assessing the Archives Program
…preliminary record retention schedules and records management policies for archival and non-archival documents to manage the materials better. If the organization has an upcoming anniversary…
CuadraSTAR SKCA and Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
…are no longer hidden behind a curtain.”
LAURA PALMA-BLANDFORD Archivist, Archives and Records Management Branch Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
Arizona State…
Interview with the Author: William Saffady on Information Compliance
William Saffady is an independent records management and information governance consultant and researcher. He is the author of over three-dozen books and many articles
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Access, Privacy, and Security Considerations for Archivists and Records Managers
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The most significant issues from an archives and records management perspective are compromised data, deductive disclosure, and the question of whether making hard-to-locate public
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Archival Preservation Options
…access and understand the object.
These initiatives are making inroads in the archives and records management community. The variations on this would be…
College and University Archives; An Evolving Role
…archival repositories.
Records Management
The existence of records management programs that support efficient record keeping and transfer to the archives is uneven….
Approaches to Acquisition
…organization to set up arrangements for regular transfer of files. Much of this is based on records management, where decisions are made about the type…
Fundamentals of the Appraisal Process in Archives
…to go beyond the level of a specific collection or record group. This activity is part of records management and can be important if the…
Establishing an Institutional Archives
…this list may seem extensive, it does not imply that everything should be preserved. An effective records management policy helps identify materials that can be…
Email Management and Archiving
…them accountable. That is how records management started, and that is where it will be successful.
The solution is not foolproof, but it resolves…