Archives News

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September 17, 2024

Reviving Vital Records

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
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May 11, 2023

Untangling Audio: Navigating Reformatting Challenges

As a Reformatting Specialist, Leif Johnson has come across his fair share of challenging projects. Recently, he was presented with a seriously tricky audio reformatting issue that required his expertise and problem-solving abilities. Below, Leif explains how his technical skills saved the day! “We had court audio records that were recorded at a slower speed to capture more data. This
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June 16, 2021

Welcoming our Reformatting Program Manager!

The Utah State Archives is thrilled to welcome our new Reformatting Program manager, Melissa Coy! Melissa joins us from Utah State History where she was the Digital Program Specialist for several years and the Manuscripts Curator before that. Melissa brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role, as well as an exciting vision for the digital future of our Reformatting
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November 28, 2017

Reformatting in the Digital World

In an effort to highlight the different aspects of the archival work here at the Utah State Archives and Records Service, we have created a new blog series about our Reformatting Section. We will discuss our Reformatting Team’s interesting projects and technologies that affect our efforts to make our government’s records more accessible. Microfilm is still recognized as a durable
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September 18, 2017

Can I Send Records Stored on Non-Paper Media to the Records Center?

Answer to your question as a records officer on non-paper and electronic media being transferred to the Utah State Archives or Utah State Records Center.
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September 18, 2017

Can I Send Records Stored on Non-Paper Media to the State Records Center?

We received the following question from a records officer, and thought it might be helpful for all records managers to hear the answer. So here it is in ‘Dear Abby’ form: Dear Records Analyst, I am in the process of preparing boxes to send to the Records Center, but heard that I should not send cassette tapes, VHS, DVDs, CDs,
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June 30, 2015

New Fee Schedule for Reformatting Services

We want to make you aware of a change in fees for our reformatting services.  Charges for the last fiscal year as well as this year are below and attached at the end for download. Copy of 2015-2016 charges