Utah State Archives Micrographic Services From Digital to Film and Back Again Part 1 of 3 The micrographics department at the Utah State Archives is a full service microfilm department, meaning micrographics can develop, duplicate, and store both 16mm and 35mm films. Micrographics can also capture digital images to microfilm as well as produce digital images from microfilm and microfiche. …
General Schedules First Big Step
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 …
Gmail management training tomorrow morning!
State Archives will be hosting a Gmail training to teach how some of the tools Gmail offers can be used to manage emails. This training is specific to Gmail, so a majority of what is taught is not applicable to other systems like Groupwise or Outlook. 9 a.m. -11 a.m. at 346 S Rio Grande Street in Salt Lake. You …
Gmail management training tomorrow morning!
State Archives will be hosting a Gmail training to teach how some of the tools Gmail offers can be used to manage emails. This training is specific to Gmail, so a majority of what is taught is not applicable to other systems like Groupwise or Outlook. 9 a.m. -11 a.m. at 346 S Rio Grande Street in Salt Lake. You …
Best Practices Exhange conference coming to Salt Lake City
The Utah State Archives and Records Service invites you to attend this year’s Best Practices Exchange Conference in Salt Lake City November 13-15, 2013. This year’s theme is “Innovation and Creativity in the Digital World.” The event will be held at the Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City/Downtown. The conference registration form and links to visitor information can be found on …
Newly Processed: June 2013
All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of June 2013: Salt Lake City (Utah). City Assessor Tax assessment rolls, 1856-1892.
Free WESTPAS Workshop Dates and Locations
WESTPAS Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service Free Disaster Planning for Libraries, Museums, Records Offices Protecting Library & Archive Collections: Disaster Preparedness, Response & Recovery Registration Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS), in cooperation with the Utah State Library, Utah State Archives, Utah Academic Library Consortium, is offering a free, 2-part disaster preparedness and response workshops for …
Gmail Training Tomorrow!
To all state employees or other government employees on Gmail…We will be having our 1-2 hour training at 9 a.m. at the State Archives building TOMORROW! Sign-up on our website at: http://archives.state.ut.us/cgi-bin/traininglist.cgi See you there!
Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a beta of its discovery portal and open platform on April 18, 2013. The portal delivers millions of materials found in American archives, libraries, museums, and cultural heritage institutions to students, teachers, scholars, and the public. The Utah State Archives has contributed hundreds of thousands of pages through its participation with the …
GRAMA Updates for 2013
Each year as the State Legislature does its work it inevitably make changes to the Government Records Access and Management Act. Changes in 2013 amounted to additional records being identified as public, private, and protected, and the creation of a State Legislature email website. The State Auditor’s representative was removed from the State Records Committee and replaced by a second member …