State Electronic Records Initiative

ACCESS Grant Products

Implementing ACCESS: Guiding the Creation, Preservation, & Use of Electronic Records

The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) received a National Leadership for Libraries grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant award is for $210,240, with grant programming slated to begin October 1, 2017. The grant will allow CoSA to gather, develop, and share best practices and guidance materials to improve the creation, management, preservation, and use of permanent state government digital records and information. CoSA will collaborate with the National Governors Association (NGA), the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), as well as content creators in state government and users of government data, to help improve preservation and use of permanent state government electronic records.

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Resources

  • Includes BitCurator for State Archives Slide Deck (2019) Collaborative, Self-Governed, Secure Digital Preservation with LOCKSS Webinar (2019) CoSA's File Formats Guidelines (2020) FAQs on ...

  • Includes First Steps in Managing Records: A Transition Priority (2018) Governor’s Office Records Management: Best Practices for Year One and Beyond Recorded Webinar and Slide Deck Playbook ...

  • Includes Preserving Electronic Records While Transitioning out of Office (2019) Steps to Preserve State Electronic Records (2019) When is Information Misinformation? Infographic (2019) Public ...

  • Library Entry

    Includes Managing Electronic Communications in Government State Archiving in the Digital Era: A Playbook for the Preservation of Electronic Records, October 2018 Toward a Common Understanding ...

  • Library Entry

    Includes Blockchain for Archives FAQ (2020) Electronic Records Overview (2020) Don't Let Your Digital Data Fail the Open Test poster (2019) Public Records and Remote Work (2020) Toward a Common ...