News and Events
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) […]
In Spring 2022, the Records Management office plan to completely overhaul the records retention schedules on their website. “We’ve been collaborating with our colleagues, Paige Hohmann and Michael Stewart on the Okanagan campus to produce a comprehensive set of schedules covering all the functions at the university,” says Barbara Towell, E-Records Manager at the university, […]
For the past couple of years the Email & Messaging Retention Working Group (now known as RAWG) have been investigating email retention and destruction. One of the first questions we looked into was how to initiate automated destruction, behind the scenes, without asking anything extra of end-users. Last year the Working Group found success in […]
Thanks to Devon Hayley Farrell, Records Management Student Assistant & Second Year UBC iSchool Student for this guest post. Working within a research-driven institution such as UBC and being in close proximity with the iSchool, the Records Management Office (RMO) has a unique position to be on the forefront of records management techniques. We’ve been […]
Guest post by Rhiannon Wallace, 2nd year iSchool Student, UBC From July to October of 2020 I had the opportunity to complete a Professional Experience term with the UBC Development and Alumni Engagement Awards team and the UBC Records Management Office. I was excited to continue the work of Arika Keneko who undertook an Internship […]
Guest post by Arika Keneko, iSchool Student, UBC Over the summer of 2019, I embarked on a three-month internship with the Records Management Office (RMO) here at UBC. I chose an internship because I wanted hands-on experience in policy development and I hoped to increase my electronic records management know-how. One of my key tasks […]