Basics of Managing Digital Records | DAS: Foundational | September 20, 2017

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Description

All archives must address the management of digital records to some degree, and you may not have the background in digital records or the confidence to tackle this daunting task! This webcast will provide the basics you need to start solving your digital records problems.

Learning Objectives:

Identify common preservation formats of digital records
Describe appraising, accessioning, and preserving digital records
Begin working with records creators
Start promoting and continuing your digital records program

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Contributors

Mark Myers

Mark J. Myers is the electronic records specialist with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and has more than 15 years of experience in electronic records management and digital preservation. Mark started with TSLAC in June 2014 and is working on building a data archive to preserve and make accessible the electronic records of state government, beginning with the records of Governor Rick Perry in 2015. Mark will also be providing advice and assistance to state and local government agencies for the long-term preservation of their electronic records.
Prior to his work in Texas, Mark was the electronic records archivist with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives from 2001 to 2014 and electronic records archivist for the Alabama Department of Archives and History from 1998 to 2001.
Mark has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the University of Kentucky and graduate work from Auburn University. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and two children.

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Contributors

Mark Myers