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Meet Your 2018-2019 Records Management Section Steering Committee

The Schedule

The Records Management Section (RMS) Steering Committee exists to direct and focus the annual business of the section, as well as to foster connections and professional growth amongst section members. Alex is the University Records Manager at the University of Pittsburgh, where he has worked for five years. Toner, Chair.

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Resourceful Records Managers- Brad Houston

The Schedule

Our eagerly anticipated series Resourceful Records Managers returns! This month we meet Brad Houston, City Records Officer and Document Services Manager for the City of Milwaukee. *If What led you to choose your current career in Records Management? How did you first become interested in Records Management?

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Nor Is This All

The Texas Record

In late September, we lost an iconic figure in the library and archives field. TSLAC Director Mark Smith shared his thoughts on the Director’s Report blog , but we wanted to add a little more context on how Dr. David Gracy impacted our work in the records management unit. “For the TSLAC Records Center David B.

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History of the State Records Center

The Texas Record

The history of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission began in the 1830s when Texas was still a Republic. In 1909, the Texas Library and Historical Commission was created to direct the State Library, aid and encourage public libraries, and collect materials related to Texas history. Land at 4400 Shoal Creek Blvd.

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Preservica congratulates 2019 Emmett Leahy Award winner

Preservica

The Emmett Leahy Committee also recognized his efforts at outreach in educating archivists and records managers throughout Asia, as well as the leadership positions he has held in the archival community. A complete list of past winners can be found at www.emmettleahyaward.org ). Visit: www.preservica.com Twitter: @preservica.

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Why Visual Classification Will Change the World

IG Guru

Why Visual Classification Will Change the World I’ll never forget watching IBM’s Watson computer beat Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Jeopardy to win the $1 million prize in February of 2011. I was still in library school when Watson set a new benchmark for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and made science fiction a bit more […].

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Risks to long-term access of digital government records is focus of new Preservica CoSA collaboration

Preservica

The joint research project focuses on quantifying the growing backlog of long-term (10+ year retention) digital government records held by agencies and in centrally-managed systems that are not adequately protected from the risks of file format and technology obsolescence. Visit: www.preservica.com. Twitter: @Preservica.