Although we here at the State Archives are facilitating records transfers all day, every day, it’s particularly noteworthy when the holdings for a state or local agency are more than doubled (in this case, octupled!) by a transfer. We’re pleased to announce that this month, Moore County has transferred 217 cubic feet of valuable court,…
They’re everywhere: from boxes of conference records scheduled to come to the Archives, to county financial offices, to old file rooms in towns, to our own desks. Appropriate to their name, travel request forms and travel reimbursement forms can travel quite a bit. And like other records that show up in multiple places, they can be tricky to manage efficiently.…
Under G.S. 121-5(d), public records certified by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources as being of permanent value shall be preserved in the custody of the agency in which the records are normally kept or in the State Archives. For state agencies, this means that a specific records series that a records analyst and…
The draft schedule for the Information Technology function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can…
The draft schedule for the Infrastructure Management function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can…
The draft schedule for the Agency Management function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can…
The draft schedule for the Governance function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can access…
The draft schedule for the Asset Management function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can…
The draft schedule for the Economic Development function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can…
The draft schedule for the Healthcare function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can access…
The draft schedule for the Monitoring and Compliance function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You…
Protecting our records is one of our fundamental responsibilities as archivists and records managers. May 1—this year and every year— is a time when cultural heritage professionals do something that can have a significant impact a repository’s ability to respond when an emergency occurs. Below are important, but simple steps you can do to prepare…
As those of our readers who have been following our Functional Scheduling Initiative will know, we are planning for the 16 new functional schedule to go into effect Fall of 2017, superseding all current schedules for state agencies. Consequently, the Records Analysis Unit is beginning to contact state agency Chief Records Officers now to discuss cross-walking their current…
The annual meeting of Chief Records Officers for state agencies occurred on April 20, 2017. In case you missed the meeting or want to review any of the materials, they are posted here: TOMES project and AXAEM conversion PowerPoint (Camille Tyndall Watson) Reappraisal Process PowerPoint (Carie Chesarino) Functional Scheduling Initiative (Courtney Bailey) handouts PowerPoint first draft…
The draft schedule for the Law Enforcement function has been vetted by a group of expert stakeholders and has been reviewed by staff at the State Archives of North Carolina. Now we want to provide an opportunity for a broader audience of state government employees to review this draft and provide constructive feedback. You can…
