barbara towell
Summer Work Learn opportunities with Records Management
Each term, the Records Management Office assists departments and units across the university improve their record-keeping. This effort is made possible through a partnership between the Work Learn Program; the units who are looking for record-keeping improvement; the iSchool students who bring the program alive; and myself, Barbara Towell, e-Records Manager, student mentor and […]
We hear you! Introduction to a new series of posts.
Over the summer of 2024 the Records Management Office (RMO), with the help of Work Learn student Jack Dempster, conducted its sixth user survey. Your responses to the 2024 survey both shapes and supports our strategic planning process. Some of the richest feedback in this year’s survey came to us through qualitative responses – where […]
Here’s to a lovely year!
Guest post by Liz Carvalho, student assistant in the Records Management Office for the winter term Hi! My name is Liz, I’m currently in my second year of the MASLIS program, and I’m starting at the Records Management Office this term. I’m looking forward to lots of hands-on practice and doing my best to apply […]
What I did on my summer vacation: records management edition
Special guest post from Jack Dempster and Simon “Dear mom Life is good here at Camp RM. Camp Counselor Towell has been very patient in teaching me how to swim in the spreadsheet ocean of inventoried digital records. Pretty soon I will be able to do so without drowning! There is no surly lunch-lady, no […]
Grace wraps up her time with the RMO!
Guest blog post by Grace McRae My time as the Records Management Student Assistant at the Records Management Office has been illuminating for defining my professional goals in the field of records management and archives. In addition, my experiences working with UBC units to provide records management services and help solve some recurring information governance […]
Andy wraps up his time with the RMO
Guest post by Andy Resto This is the final blog post I’ll be writing as the student records management assistant with the RMO at UBC. The past two years have been very rewarding and have provided me with invaluable experience in digital information management, and hopefully I have been able to leave behind some impactful […]
Coming October 2023 – One-year data retention schedule for Zoom & MS Teams video recordings
October 2023, UBC IT will automate the records retention schedule for meeting recordings held in Zoom and MS Teams. Find out more at the link below. A one-year data retention schedule for Zoom and MS Teams video recordings is coming October 2023 | UBC Information Technology FAQs can be found here
Building digital preservation capacity for UBC’s Institutional Records
Records that tell UBC’s stories come to the University Archives (UA) from all across the campus. Institutional records are a unique resource used by researchers, historians, genealogists, and internally, for fundraising efforts. Arguably, no office has more of this type of celebratory documentation then the Ceremonies and Events office (C&E). Earlier this year C&E contacted […]