Blog Post Archives
Over the summer of 2024 the Records Management Office (RMO), with the help of Work Learn student Jack Dempster, conducted its sixth user survey. Your responses to the 2024 survey both shapes and supports our strategic planning process. Some of the richest feedback in this year’s survey came to us through qualitative responses – where […]
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 2019, Building Operations completed a project to modernize its aging Land and Building Files (LBS) file server. Staff copied what they required to the new server and left everything else on the LBS server for one year. The year acted as a cushion ensuring nothing crucial was left behind. Over the summer of 2020, the […]
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 […]
In October 2018, Building Operations embarked on a two-part odyssey to modernize its aging file-server and produce governance documentation supporting records management. While this sort of work is regularly carried out across the university, this particular file-server was special; it had successfully annihilated two previous attempts at modernization. “It had a very bad reputation for […]
A few courageous souls braved the deteriorating weather conditions on Friday February 23 in order to attend the first Records Management office’s Community of Practice.
e-Records Manager Barbara Towell has just been awarded the 2017 UBC Library Innovation Award.
Alan Doyle received the Employee Excellence Award in recognition of his valuable leadership in expanding the Records Management program across campus.