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Guest post from iSchool student Anita Voronova. When I started my summer Work Learn as a Records Management Assistant with the School of Audiology & Speech Sciences, I developed an anxiety and pressure to do everything as quickly and as perfectly as possible. You could say that I was in over my head. There […]
As part of the Green College Resident Members’ Series, MAS/MLIS student Dhanya Indraganti gave a talk last night drawing on her experience as a records management assistant at Green College. Please find the livestream here: How Organizations Come Alive
Guest post by Rebecca Kirkham What happens when you slay a dragon? Well, you have to do something with the hoard. That’s where the records manager comes in. Our dragon’s not dead, mind you, he’s just gone digital. When your treasure hoard is managed primarily on the computer, why keep the piggy bank around? The […]
What would you do if you had 15 million dollars lying around, and a burning passion for knowledge? Donate it to UBC of course! That was probably what Peter Wall was thinking back in 1991 when he made, at that time, the largest donation that a Canadian university had ever received. The Peter Wall Institute […]
Hi everyone! It’s Liz again, sadly for the last time this year. I’m leaving this position with Barb to focus on my studies and won’t be writing the blog posts anymore. But fret not, there will still be excellent blog posts ahead! I’ll even give you an exclusive sneak peek of what’s coming, and that’s […]
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 […]
One of the challenges people frequently talked about in our Records Management survey last year was managing physical records in ever decreasing physical space. Dealing with a large number of paper records can be overwhelming, and the increasing volume of files can bring disorganization, privacy concerns and workflow issues. This post is intended to let […]
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Hi, it’s Liz again! And I can’t believe it’s already been a year since I started here at the RMO! And I was right last year when I said it was going to be great! A lot has been happening behind the scenes here: Last Summer, Jack worked with Barbara to produce the biennial survey, […]
Isn’t it great when you can find the file you’re looking for simply by the title, without having to open several different ones to figure out if they’re what you’re looking for or not? If files aren’t named properly, they become hard to find and confusing. How to know if this “schedule 2025 final (2).docx” […]
In the 2024 survey we asked if people would be interested in having a Work Learn student help their unit conduct records management projects. Many of you were enthusiastic about that idea, in fact, this question received decisive community support, but there were also questions regarding the differences between an Assessment and Governance projects. You […]