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The Research Center will be closed Tuesday, November 11, 2014 in honor of Veterans Day. It will open again at the usual time of 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Did you know the Utah State Archives has many resources on military service records? Check out these Research Guides: Service Records Discharges and Benefit Records The U.S. National Archives

In September 1996, President Bill Clinton made the controversial decision to draw on powers reserved to him by the 1906 Antiquities Act, and designate 1,880,461 aces of land in southern Utah as the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. But did you know that sixty years before federal officials were pondering the designation of a similar monument that would have dwarfed the area covered by today’s Grand Staircase?

To register for a training event, please click here. Logan, UT November 21, 2014 Management and Care of Historic Records 9:00 am to 12:00 pm This training will cover topics such as appraisal, retention, preservation, and access to historic records. Utah State University Library Conference Room 101 Salt Lake City, UT November 7, 2014 December 5, 2014 Basic Records Management

The General Schedule Update Project has updated a schedule which was approved by the State Records Committee November 2013. This schedule’s description has been amended to capture related records which must be kept for the life of the bond. The broader description is meant to include other records that may not be maintained or created by trustee or paying agent.

The history of the American West is shaped and defined as much by its people as it is its landscapes. Nowhere is this more clear than in the winding path taken by Highway 89 as it rises from the low Sonoran desert at the U.S./Nogales border, passes over the Grand Staircase of southern Utah, weaves north past Yellowstone and Grand Tetons, before ending in the high Rocky Mountains near Glacier National Park in Montana. Such distinctive landscapes make for a powerful history worth preserving and sharing. With this thought in mind, the Utah State Archives is proud to announce our participation with other cultural heritage organizations across Utah and Northern Arizona to launch the Highway 89 Digital Collections Project.

As part of the General Schedule Update Project, the Utah State Archives is proposing the following changes to the general retention schedules for personnel records. Since May last year, several meetings and discussions have been held with human resource representatives and records officers to clearly define the contents of a personnel file. The seven year retention listed below is based

October 10 is Electronic Records Day and this year the Utah State Archives is featuring several projects from archival institutions that are advancing the preservation and management of electronic records. The North Carolina State Archives has been capturing web content since 2004. However, in 2012 they expanded into the realm of social media. In a partnership with ArchiveSocial, North Carolina

Thank you to everyone who attended the Electronic Records Conference. We had a great turnout and fantastic presenters! Thank you to Terry, Howard, Ron and Amy for sharing their experiences and expertise with us! You can now view the slides as well as Terry’s Technical Bulletin  on our website at: https://archives.utah.gov/recordsmanagement/training.html

Good work Jerrianne and Anna! We salute you.

We had a great response to our request for volunteers for user testing! Our slots are now filled, so we are no longer accepting volunteers. We will be doing another round of user testing later this year. Thank you, everyone, for your interest!