LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS

NAGARA Local Government Records Technical Publications Series
NAGARA and the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) have collaborated on a number of Technical Bulletins on basic records management.  The Bulletins may be useful to municipal and county administrators who are responsible for maintaining public records and who do not have a records management specialist on staff.

      Records Management Technical Bulletins Series, all chapters 1 - 6 (2000): 

            Starting a Records Management Program, Sandra Behel
            Funding Your Records Management Project, Diane Gladwell           
            Identifying and Locating Your Records, Pam Miner and Karen Goldman
            Establishing Records Retention, Jelain Chubb and Amelia Winstead
            Developing a Records Storage System, Carrie Townlee-Porter
            Making Your Records Management Program Successful, Steve Mull

      Archival Programs for Local Governments, (1995) Kaye Lanning Minchew

      The Daily Management of Records and Information, (1991) David O. Stephens

      Managing Records on Limited Resources, (1991) Stephen E. Haller

      Protecting Records, (1993) Harmon Smith

      Using Microfilm, (1992) Julian Mims

Local Government Records Program: Just the Basics Online Workshops
"Just the Basics" Video Workshop was created by the Ohio Historical Society and covers: Introduction to the Ohio Historical Society-Local Government Records Program; Ohio Public Records Law; Your Record Commission’s Responsibilities; Inventory Preparation; Records Retention and Disposition forms (RC-1 & RC-2); Filing Certificates of Records Disposal (RC-3); Media Decisions (paper, microfilm, electronic); and Disaster Prevention & Preparedness.  The video workshop is also available for purchase.  Click here for further information.

Records Retention Schedules for Local Government Records