The annual conference returned as a virtual event again in 2021. TSLAC and the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) brought together 52 Texas state agencies, 23 institutions of higher education, and 107 different units of local government from all across the state via Zoom for 2 half-days of learning. Presenters and 490 attendees discussed…
As a valued customer who works for a Texas state agency or local government, we invite you to evaluate our services in this biennial customer service survey. The survey asks you to rate and submit suggestions and comments about the State and Local Records Management division generally and provides opportunities to rate and comment on…
This year we’re going virtual! Normally by now we’ve announced the date of the annual e-Records conference and started posting presentation details. But 2020 has been anything but a normal year. Due to ongoing public health concerns, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the Texas Department of Information Resources have decided to move…
On Friday, August 16, over twenty local government entities in Texas were targeted by a coordinated ransomware attack. This incident is the most recent in a year marked by cyberattacks on state and local governments across the country. Several state and federal agencies are investigating and actively working with the impacted Texas entities to help…
Update: The deadline for submitting a presentation proposal for the 2019 e-Records Conference has been extended to Friday, July 26, 2019. Check out our previous blog post or the event web page for all the up-to-date information.
The theme for this year’s e-Records Conference is Better Together in a Digital World: Security and Retention and will be held on Friday, November 15th at The Commons Learning Center in Austin, Texas. Thank you to everyone who has already submitted your speaking proposals. If you are interested in presenting at the conference this year, please complete…
The annual e-Records Conference will be held Friday, November 15, 2019. The theme this year is Better Together in a Digital World: Security and Retention. This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas…
Data Mapping: Finding An Organization’s True Treasure If you missed Deborah Robbins of Paypal after lunch, you missed a true treasure. Her highly entertaining and informative talk focused on data mapping from a records management perspective. The kind of data mapping Ms. Robbins encouraged brings together the strengths of a traditional records inventory and an…