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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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Guest post by Andy Resto. Background and overview In Fall 2021, the records management professionals from UBC Vancouver and Okanagan campuses began the process of updating and completing records retention and disposition schedules for the university. As a worklearn student, I have been able to be a part of the Records Retention Schedule Development (RRSD) […]