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Updated Records Retention Schedules Now Available

University Archives and Records Management is pleased to announce that on June 3, the State Records Committee approved updates to the University’s records retention schedules. You can find the updated versions of the University’s general records retention schedules on the University Archives and Records Management website:  

 

 

For copies of unique, office-level retention schedules (or to determine if your office has a unique schedule), contact University Records Management or Rachel Thompson.  

In addition, University Archives and Records Management is offering another Digital Records Management webinar next month. For more information about webinar, or to sign-up for it, you can visit the Training Portal:  

  • : July 23 at 2PM on Microsoft Teams.  

We also have several other resources to help get you started with records management:  

  • . A quick (15 – 20 minutes) introduction to the “whos, whys, and hows” of records management at Western.  

  •  Canvas module covering the basics of records management in a bit more detail than the video above. This link will enroll you in our course “ Records Management.” As we add modules to this course in the future, you may be notified of updates. 

For more information about retention schedules or other services offered by University Archives and Records Management, please contact us at x6654 or email Rachel.Thompson@wwu.edu.