Records Management: The Basics

This online tutorial will go over the basics of records management, including relevant policies and procedures. Click on a link below to get started.

The Value of Records Management

• How can records management help you in your everday activities.

What is Records Management?

• Deciphering the life cycle of a record.

Public Records and You

• What is a public record and how does it affect the way you conduct day-to-day business?

How to Use the Records Retention Schedule

• How to figure out how long to keep records.

Inactive Records Management

• Where does a record go once it is inactive? University Archives? Confidential recycling?

Proper Records Storage

• How to keep university records reliable, safe and secure.

How to Send Records to Non-Permanent Storage

• Basic guidelines for preparing boxes to be sent for inactive storage.

Files Management

• How to effectively organize office files in both paper and electronic form.

E-mail Message Management

• Manage e-mail messages responsibly to save time and server space.

Please contact the Electronic Records Archivist, Kira Homo, at 6-2487 or khomo@uoregon.edu if you would like to coordinate an in-person training session.