By Veronica Martzahl Emergency preparedness continues to be a focal point of state archives activities. With increased risk of natural and man-made disasters, the importance of responding quickly and efficiently to protect staff and collections is crucial. While the percentage of respondents...
By Veronica Martzahl In preparation for the upcoming SHRAB Town Hall webinar, this post will take a look at what survey respondents had to say about their State Historical Records Advisory Boards. SHRABs are a topic that is near and dear to my heart. I’ve been fortunate to serve on the...
By Veronica Martzahl The last blog report looked at non-electronic holdings across state government, local government and non-governmental records. This week we are looking at electronic records in those same categories. The total number of institutions indicating they had electronic records...
By Veronica Martzahl While the mission statements of state archives generally incorporate the sentiment of preserving and making accessible the records of state government, the scope of “state government” is not uniformly applied across all states and territories. CoSA asked state and...
By Veronica Martzahl This is the second in a series of posts looking more deeply at the data in the State of State Records biennial report. While all states and territories have an agency charged with preserving and providing access to the permanent records of state government, each one has...
By Veronica Martzahl This is the first in a series of posts looking more deeply at the data in the State of State Records biennial report. Although it has only been a little bit over a year since Archives and Records Management Survey, there is one area that has seen tremendous changes...