By barbara towell on October 2, 2024
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 […]
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By barbara towell on September 3, 2024
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 […]
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By barbara towell on August 30, 2023
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 […]
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By barbara towell on August 9, 2023
On October 31, 2023, an automated one-year data retention policy will be implemented for all cloud recordings created by UBC Zoom users. This data retention schedule will affect all Zoom user accounts under UBC’s license at both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses. Find out more here: Zoom and Microsoft Teams video retention policy announced […]
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By barbara towell on April 27, 2023
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 […]
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By barbara towell on December 19, 2022
If T.S. Elliot has taught us anything, it’s that naming is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games. Naming a thing should be simple enough, but it isn’t. There is so much to consider for both cats, in the case of T.S. Elliot, and for us, in the case of the […]
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By barbara towell on October 17, 2022
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
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By barbara towell on September 27, 2022
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 […]
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By barbara towell on September 23, 2022
The Records Management Office and the University Archives are happy to report that the records retention schedules have been approved by the Office of the University Council. The ‘draft’ status has been removed from the schedules and they are now in force. There is still time to comment If the university community identifies gaps […]
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By barbara towell on September 15, 2022
Guest post by Michael Stewart, Records Manager UBCO “They are cancelling all in-person events and gatherings including the upcoming conference!”, a colleague informed me on the afternoon of March 10, 2020. “We would ask that you take your laptops and tablets home every night, just in case we cannot return to the office for whatever […]
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