Spring Cleaning

It’s April, and that means spring is here! With spring, comes spring cleaning! Out with the old and in with the new. In the Records Management (RM) world that means it’s time to tidy up our records management systems, make sure the team is involved, make sure retention periods are up to date, or start…

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Adding to Our Team

The records management assistance team at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission welcomes our newest analysts, Sahar Arafat-Ray and Sebastian Loza! Read more about Sahar who is now the point of contact for local governments in the West-North region of Texas. The West-North region is comprised of the following counties: Archer Eastland Montague Tarrant…

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Records Management Bills in the 88th Legislative Session

More than 7,800 House and Senate bills were filed this session. Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is again tracking those bills with the potential to affect the retention and disposition of government records in Texas. For the 88th Legislative Session, we identified about 110 bills that change retention periods, modify reporting requirements, or…

“Transaction” in Records Management

Understanding what meets the definition of a “local government record” is important for a local government employee (especially a Records Management Officer). This is because your entity’s local government record is a record that you’re required to keep for a certain amount of time based on laws, rules, and standards associated with the Texas State…

Apply for Free Registration to AASLH Basics of Archives Online Course

This is a cross-post from the Archives and Information Services blog Out of the Stacks. Through funding from the  National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) has partnered with the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH) to offer free registration to their popular online course, Basics of Archives from March 27…

2023 Local Government Records Management Officer Meeting

You are cordially invited to the annual Local Government Records Management Officer meeting. When: Thursday, April 20, 9:30 a.m. – noon Where: Online via Zoom Calling all records management officers and records professionals serving local governments across Texas! The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) wants to meet with you. Due to the size…

10 Things We Love About Records Management

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we wanted to acknowledge the ten things we love about records management. From Webinars to Teamwork, analysts Joslyn Ceasar and Raul Gonzalez wrote about 5 things they each love about records management, and what those things mean to them. Joslyn Ceasar: Joslyn’s approach was to records management and Valentine’s Day…

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Obtaining Buy-In: Record Creators and Users

When entering the records management world, it doesn’t take long to figure out that it is generally difficult for records leaders to obtain buy-in from others in their office. We’ve heard from many records leaders that staff don’t feel records management is pertinent to their job’s responsibilities, the term “records management” sounds too dated to…