Blog Post Archives
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 […]
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) […]
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 Melissa Lasko, Development and Alumni Engagement, Awards The Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE) Awards team has a long history of creating physical files for storing donor information. As these files accumulated over the years, the Awards team began to wonder new physical files needed to be created, or if it was possible […]
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 […]