Mission

To implement an on-going, University-wide Records Management Program in conjunction with the University Archives. The Records Management Program requires that all records be surveyed and identified regardless of media, that retention periods be established for all records, and that all records be retained until their retention periods expire, at which time they will promptly be destroyed or sent to the University Archives if considered historical.



Program Objectives

  • To promote sound record management practices;
  • To create and monitor a program of retention and disposition to assure that records are not retained longer than is necessary, but at the same time are maintained as long as needed to meet administrative, fiscal, and legal requirements;
  • To provide instruction and advice to University staff regarding records management policy and procedures;
  • To ensure the protection of those records which are considered to be vital to the University;
  • To provide for storage of inactive records in an off-site records center at low cost;
  • To ensure the efficient and timely retrieval of stored records for the office of origin;
  • To provide for the conversion of certain records to an alternate media (micrographics) in order to reduce records volume, increase retrieval, enhance file integrity, and where applicable, provide for long-term preservation;
  • To ensure the identification and transfer of archival records bearing historical or research value to the University Archives.