As you may have noticed throughout the mitigation strategies blog last week, one of the most effective ways to protect your essential records is through making some kind of copy of those records. While this is not feasible for all record types, it is one of the broadest mitigation strategies that exists to help protect…
Welcome back to the 2024 MayDay Series on the G.S. 132 Files! Last week, we learned about Essential Records Plans and we left off on the column discussing protection/mitigation strategies. Let’s look at a few potential strategies in a bit more detail! Acceptance Acceptance of a risk is a valid risk management strategy. It involves…
The Records Analysis Unit at State Archives is excited to announce a series of virtual Summer Office Hours! Each session has a theme, is about an hour long, and meant to be a bit more open-ended than our workshops. In other words, they can serve as much more of a conversation between our team and…
One way that you can easily work essential records into your overall Continuity of Operations Planning is through the use of an Essential Records Plan, such as the one seen below. This plan allows you to both easily access all the relevant information about your essential records and incorporate it into your disaster planning. Now…
Welcome back to the 2024 MayDay Series on the G.S. 132 Files! Last week, we learned that essential records typically fall into one of five categories. This week we are going to look at these categories in a bit more detail. Remember, as we found out last week, essential records will vary from agency to…
In honor of MayDay, this year the G.S.132 blog will be publishing a blog every Wednesday in May regarding essential records and disaster preparedness. First established by the Society of American Archivists and Heritage Preservation, and now taken on by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation, MayDay is an annual tradition where libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and…
The State Archives is excited to announce our next set of workshops: Essential Records and Disaster Preparedness. This workshop is four hours total, offered as two-hour sessions over two days. Attendees must attend both two-hour sessions to qualify for a Certificate of Attendance. This workshop is open to all North Carolina government employees (local, state,…
The State Archives is excited to open registration for our March workshops on Best Practices for Files and Filing. These free, virtual workshops are open to any government employee and will cover creating a filing system that matches with retention schedules, organizing a filing structure that helps you find records more efficiently, and best practices…
The State Archives is excited to announce our next set of workshops: Managing Public Records for State Agency Employees. This free, virtual workshop provides an overview of the maintenance, retention, and disposition of public records for state agency employees. We’ll also look at the retention schedule for State Records, known as the Functional Schedule. It’s…
Happy New Year! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season. As we all dive into 2024, the Government Records Section at the State Archives of North Carolina wanted to let you know about our upcoming virtual workshop opportunities. In February, on the 27th and the 29th, we’ll be hosting sessions of Managing Public Records…
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