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In 2023, Reformatting Specialist Leif Johnson took on a particularly tricky audio preservation challenge: figuring out how to capture recordings made on four-track cassettes. The blog post about Leif’s work explored the unusual format and the challenges involved in figuring out how to preserve the recordings.  Now, Leif’s project is completed! Leif recently installed a new four-track cassette workstation at

Utah has been promoting its scenic, historic, and recreational attractions to visitors for generations. The Utah Office of Tourism can trace its history back to 1941, and the Utah Film Commission was established in 1974 to attract film productions to Utah, promoting the state for film, television, and commercial production while supporting Utah’s local talent, crew, and film industry. Read more about the history of the Office of

Records management is never really finished. A few years ago, the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) completed a major overhaul of its records schedules. Working with then-Records Officer Debbi Class, who brought more than 40 years of institutional knowledge to the role, DWS closed 232 record series, updated 101, moved 21, and created 2 new series. For many agencies, a

Meet Jessica Priskos, Records Manager for the Utah State Tax Commission. Three years ago, as new state privacy laws began to take effect, she stepped into her role and began organizing and updating her agency’s record series and retention schedules to reflect current business processes—a massive project. She quickly discovered that many schedules hadn’t been updated in decades. Now in

Since joining the Department of Cultural & Community Engagement in 2023, Liz Setterberg has been on a mission to preserve Utah’s cultural treasures. As Archivist and Public Art Specialist for the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, she blends her expertise in geography and archival studies with a passion for diversity and oral histories. This year, she stepped into the

When Tangee Sloan joined West Jordan in 1997, she had no idea her career would lead to preserving the city’s history—and transforming how its records are managed. Her path started in Police Records, shifted to IT for over two decades, and eventually led her to a role as City Recorder & Customer Service/Passport Manager, which she calls “the best decision

Lindsay Hansen has served as a records officer and records program manager with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) since February of last year. Her path to records management was shaped by a strong background in education and training, skills she sees as essential to understanding needs and “figuring out where people are at.” Before stepping into her current role,

Meet Ann Richins, a dedicated professional with over nine years of service at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). After spending seven and a half years as the assistant director of the library, she transitioned to the Risk Management Department, where she took on the role of Approved Records Officer (ARO) in November 2022. For this spotlight, Ann shared shared her

When Mark Smith started two years ago at the Division of Finance (within Utah’s Department of Government Operations), there were 219 record series, most of which hadn’t been updated since their creation nearly forty years ago. Luckily for the Division, Mark is smart, meticulous, and organized, and attacked the series clean-up with a vengeance. As the project nears its end,

Birth and death certificates are some of the most popular records requested and used at the Utah State Archives. For the last year, our staff has been working to accelerate providing quality access, especially online, to these valuable records as soon as they become public. In this post, we’ll explore the process from beginning to end. Records Management The Office