Updated September 26, 2012

First-ever SHRAB Town Hall!
Thursday, September 27, 2012
3pm Eastern, noon Pacific

We hope ALL SHRAB members will join us for this web conference to hear about many of the interesting projects that SHRABs are doing nationwide, share your good ideas, and learn from each other!

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ACTION ALERT!
Georgia to Close State Archives to the Public on November 1st

September 20--On September 13, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp announced that the Georgia Archives will be effectively CLOSED to all public access beginning November 1, 2012.  He cites as reason the requirement for a 3% budget reduction for all state agencies. Secretary Kemp has chosen to take the required cut of nearly $750,000 entirely and only from the State Archives. On September 18, seven of the remaining ten full-time Archives staff members were told that they will be terminated on November 1. This leaves just the Archives director, the building manager, and one archivist to manage and provide access to holdings of more than 80,000 linear feet. Through the 1990s and up through 2006, the State Archives had about 47 employees. Staffing reductions brought the number down to 27 in 2010 and 15 earlier this year.

Find details on taking action in the Action Alert: Save the Georgia Archives.  See the Friends of Georgia Archives & History website for more information.

CoSA's president, Jim Corridan, sent a letter to the Georgia governor on September 18. CoSA's own statement on the closing will be posted shortly.

The Society of American Archivists is compiling links to letters of support from other organizations.

FY2012 Survey of State Archives and Records Management Programs launched on August 1, 2012.

Check back soon for more details

In July 2011, the Council of State Archivists launched an initiative focused on improving efforts to manage, preserve, and provide access to state government electronic records nationwide.

Read more about SERI >>

 

Enroll in an IPER webinar.

Learn more about the Essential Records and Records Emergency Planning and Response courses.

Take the Introduction to Records and Information Management, now available as a self-directed online course.

Create a Pocket Response Plan (PReP)

Visit the new Resource Center at http://rc.statearchivists.org. It's still in development so information may not yet be complete for your state, but there's plenty to get you started. Check back often because the information in the Resource Center will grow rapidly over the next several months.

Go to the CoSA Resource Center >