Please join the SAA Records Management Section Steering Committee for its third annual Colloquium for Records and Information Management (RIM) Month! We will have 4 short presentations from the records management community highlighting current projects. There will also be time for Q&A and discussion. The RIM Colloquium will take place virtually on Zoom on Thursday, April 27 from 3-4:30 pm ET.

https://ksu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUocOGrpzwuH9dO45ByCBp5wp_n36QgxYv-

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  The event is free for any interested parties. 

The recording and presenter slides will be made available after the event. 

The RIM Colloquium will abide by the SAA Code of Conduct. 

RIM Colloquium Presentations:

You Too Can Create a Records Locator Tool

Todd Ellison, City of Durango (Colorado)

Here’s a new idea from Durango, to improve the records transparency of your institution by devoting a document type to the purpose of leading an online researcher into the myriad types of records you manage. It’s what archivists do all the time; the novelty of this project is that it shows how a records manager can do the same thing: provide one portal for anyone to locate the records they’re seeking—in whatever the format.

The Retention of Culture: Recordkeeping as a DEI Practice

Jes Neal, MIT and Jessika Drmacich, Williams College

Jes Neal and Jessika Drmacich will present ways records managers and archivists can create space to collect more inclusive institutional histories that ensure campus wide representation for the future. Their conversation will detail how discussing and deconstructing traditional ideas of valuable records and institutional records management practices allows for more members of the campus community to understand the importance of their roles in campus operations, culture creation, and preservation. Join us!

Preparing an Essential Records Packet

Christine Zielinski and Tina Morrell, FEMA

We will be discussing preparing an Essential Records Packet. We will touch on what Essential Records are and the importance of identifying them, the basic components of an Essential Records packet, and conducting a risk analysis.

Black Women Organizers as Recordkeepers: Documentation Practices in Justice Work

Jes Neal, MIT, and Dr. Charmaine Lang, Consultant

Recordkeeping practices are essential to how activists and organizers, specifically in the nonprofit sphere, document justice-centered efforts, organizational histories, and provide evidentiary resources to the communities they serve. A critical step in building sustainable recordkeeping practices in organizations is establishing a records management program for the layperson. Using tenets of Black Feminist Thought, Dr. Charmaine Lang and Jes Neal will share personal experiences with recordkeeping and discuss their guide to documenting social change organizations.

 For questions or concerns, please reach out to Ryan Leimkuehler at rleimkue@ksu.edu.

 Thanks,

SAA RMS Steering Committee

• Ryan Leimkuehler
• Jennifer Dantchev
• Jessika Dramcich
• Hillary Gatlin
• Daria Labinsky
• Sophia McGuire
• Jennifer Motszko
• Krista Oldham