News posts. For example, updates to administrative rules, retention schedules, training announcements, and other services provided by SLRM.
TSLAC is seeking informal comments on draft updates to the following Local Government Schedules: Everything you need is available on the Informal Review of Amended Local Government Retention Schedules webpage: ☆ Pay special attention ☆ to the Comments in the Preliminary Drafts where TSLAC requests your experience and opinion on certain record series in particular.…
Calling on all employees of Texas state agencies, local governments, and institutions of higher education! State and Local Records Management (SLRM) needs your help evaluating the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). This survey is your opportunity to tell us how we’re doing. tsl.texas.gov/slrm/training/slrm-css25 Completing the survey should take you approximately two (2) minutes;…
Early bird rate ends October 31. When: Friday, November 21, 2025Where: Commons Conference Center in Austin, Texas Registration for the 2025 e-Records Conference is now open! Texas public sector employees can register through the registration portal. You can also visit the event portal at this link: tsl.texas.gov/slrm/training/attendee25 To launch registration, click “For Attendees.” Be sure to visit the conference…
Early bird rate ends October 18 Texas State Library and Archives Commission and Texas Department of Information Resources are now registering exhibitors for the annual e-Records Conference. The conference will be held on Friday, November 21 at the Commons Conference Center in Austin, Texas. The theme this year is Preserve the Past, Power the Future. This popular annual conference provides an excellent opportunity for your company…
The Texas Library and Archives Foundation has announced its annual Martha Wong Scholarship opportunity, as well as the new Mark Smith–Gloria Meraz Scholarship, for students in a Texas library/information science or school library certification program. Both scholarships will award a reimbursable grant of $2,000 that may be used for tuition or required textbooks. Through these awards, the…
Since 1972, the State and Local Records Management Division (SLRM) has operated the State Records Center (SRC) on Shoal Creek Boulevard in Austin. The original building included space to store more than 152,000 cubic feet of records, with an extension added in 1986 providing another 232,000 cubic square feet of storage for state agencies and…
Attention, Texas State Public University RMOs. The University Records Retention Schedule (URRS) Common Series Checklist is finished and ready for schedule review use. The URRS Common Series Checklist contains records series frequently used by Texas public universities. It is to be utilized as a guidance tool and aid to assist universities when reviewing their schedules…
Have you ever saved drafts of a record like correspondence, a publication, or report to prepare it for its final form? Suddenly you’re left with edited, superseded copies that were saved in an effort to reach its finalized version. So, what happens to these lingering copies? If you have ever skimmed the retention schedules for…