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A meeting was held in May with several school districts, an attorney, the Government Records Ombudsman, and record analysts. The first draft was reviewed and edited. The updated draft has been sent to the Appointed Record Officers of every school district in Utah for their input. The following general retention schedules will be presented to the State Records Committee at

Tomorrow is the last day to register for the 2012 Utah State Archives Electronic Records Conference on April 26, 2012. This year’s agenda includes four speakers representing federal and private records management strategies, legal issues in records management, and an industry professional speaking about managing unstructured data (Word documents, spreadsheets, etc). Additionally, several local companies are sponsoring this year’s event.

Registration for the Utah State Archives Electronic Records Management Conference will be closing Friday, March 23th. The conference will be held on April 26th, 2012 at the State Office Building Auditorium at the Utah State Capitol Campus. For registration and more information please see the 2012 RIMM Event tab on this blog. The conference will focus on electronic records with presentations on discovery, technological judgement, information

Records Keepers in now on Facebook! Visit our new timeline to view recent Utah State Archives and records management related events, view photos of our records center move, and to browse through articles we find and post about records management, electronic records, email management, social media and all things records. To visit our Facebook page, select the link on the

The Utah State Records Center (RC) is still in the process of moving. On February 6th movers began to transfer boxes from the current Decker Lake records center location in West Valley City to the new location in Clearfield. Although this was not the start of the move, as planning and box preparation began previously, this date represents the moment that boxes actually began to move up the

The Archives is pleased to announce its morning keynote speaker for the Utah State Archives Electronic Records Management Conference 2012 will be Kenneth Thibodeau. Ken Thibodeau is a records and information management professional recognized around the world as a leading expert on electronic records and digital preservation. He has spoken at more than 150 conferences, published over 30 articles and

Most government offices in Utah are now open from 8-5 Monday through Friday. Though some state employees have retained an option to work four ten-hour days, staff members at the Archives look back with nostalgia at the three-day weekend. Others think a ten-hour day is way too long. With diminished budgets and staff, government offices are attempting to do more

Simplifying Access to Government Records One duty of a records officer is to provide public access to government records. To help simplify the records request process, records officers and the public should be clear about the records or information requested. Records retention schedules can be used as a tool to accomplish this. Some questions to ask are: Where are the records kept?

When it comes time to schedule records with the Utah State Archives and Records Service there may be some confusion about general retention schedules. What are general schedules? What purpose do they serve? How do I use a general schedule? ARMA International defines a retention schedule as: “A comprehensive list of records series, indicating for each the length of time it is