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Unique Opportunity Tour State Records Center Thursday, November 29, 2012 The State Records Center will open its doors this Thursday, November 29th for a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Open House. The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. with an Open House and tours of the facility following from 2:20 p.m. until 3:40 p.m. The State Records Center is usually

State Records Center Ribbon Cutting and Open House Program November 29, 2012 Pre-program 1:30 pm  Slide presentation                Gathering in program area Ribbon Cutting Program 1:45 pm  Welcome by Mark Dalton, Records Center Manager 1:48 pm  Wayne Christensen, overview of building acquisition 1:51 pm  Gregg Buxton, highlights of the new building 1:54 pm  Patricia Smith-Mansfield, need for the new facility

Utah State Archives celebrated Records and Information Management Month on April 26th with a successful electronic records management conference. The Archives staff thanks those who participated: speakers, vendors, and attendees. A special thanks goes to Mindy Spring and Joshua Bullough who organized the conference. Following is a recap of some ideas expressed along with links to presentations.   Kenneth Thibodeau, who recently

Historically, MayDay has two traditions; first, as a spring festival celebrated around the world. Many MayDay traditions are rooted in folklore and some celebrate by filling small baskets with goodies to leave on someone’s doorstep. Modern MayDay observances often recognize International Worker’s Day. For professionals who deal with records and historic documents, a third tradition has sprung up as part

April is Records and Information Management (RIM) month. Every year, records management professionals around the world raise awareness about records and information management by promoting records related events. The RIM initiative was developed by ARMA International. Records managers interested in hosting their own RIM events can find promotional materials and ideas by visiting the ARMA International web site. This year,

The Records Center (RC) completed its relocation to the new Freeport Center location in Clearfield. Effective Wednesday, March 28, 2012 the RC will begin accepting records retrieval requests and records transfer requests. The process for requesting and transferring records remains the same. You can view an informative training video on how to transfer records to the RC on the Archives’ website.

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 first week of March is behind us, and the days are getting longer and warmer. Typically, we associate this time of year with spring cleaning; throwing out the old to make room for the new. Remember that records management resolution from January? We do. In part one, we challenged records officers to evaluate current records management practices in their

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

Typically, the justification for a records management (RM) program is tied to cost cutting, efficiency, and managing risk. While certainly important pieces of records management, for government records managers there is an additional and significant reason for a RM program.  Government archivists and records managers typically are guided by mission statements that focus on preserving and documenting government institutions. One