UWM Records Management

Records Management is the systematic and administrative control of records throughout their life cycle to ensure efficiency and economy in their creation, use, handling, control, maintenance, and disposition. Applying records management in your office can lead to more efficient file searches, provides you with legal protection for document discovery or litigation, frees up space otherwise being occupied by seldom-consulted records, and helps the university document its functions and history. ALL university employees are responsible for management and retention of their records according to approved schedules.

UWM Records Management can assist your office with active records maintenance, records surveys and inventories, creating records retention schedules, confidential destruction, archival transfer, and records retrieval of documents already in the archives. For more information, contact Brad Houston, University records officer, at houstobn@uwm.edu or (414)-229-6979.

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UWM Records Management News

October 22, 2009-- Records Management at UWM Administrative Training Institute on December 4

UWM's Administrative Training Institute will feature a joint presentation by Brad Houston and Amy Watson, Public Records Custodian, about proper records management and response to public records request. For more information or to register, please visit the Minding Your Business main page.

August 5, 2009-- Website Update

The records management website has received a face-lift to bring it in line with the new Archives site. Functionality and navigation should remain unchanged. If you find a broken link or a "legacy" page, please let us know.

April 17, 2009-- UWSA Records Management Webcasts

The University of Wisconsin Records Officers Council has produced two webcasts for employees of UW Schools and colleges, viewable at http://www.uwsa.edu/gc-off/records/training.htm. These webcasts provide helpful starting points into the world of records management in general (Public Records Fundamentals) and convey particular information about managing your business communication, including e-mails, text messages, and voice mails (Business Communication).

April 7, 2009-- Happy Records Management Month!

April 2009 has been proclaimed Records and Information Management Month by the State of Wisconsin. If you have been looking for an excuse to start incorporating records management into your day, there's no better time than this month! See the main RIM month page for more details on how you can better practice Records Management at UWM.