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The New York State Archives offers archives and records management training statewide. If your preferred workshop is not available, please contact us at archtrain@nysed.gov to request it. See our workshop catalog for a complete list of titles.
All State Archives workshops are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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Region | Description | Presenter | Related Webinar | Workshop Topic | Register |
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | LGRMIF Grants Kickoff Meeting | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
Thinking about applying for a Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund (LGRMIF) grant? Then join us for this grants kickoff meeting where we will review:
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Sarah Durling | LGRMIF Grant Program | Register | |
Thursday, February 27, 2025 | Disaster Response for the Records Manager | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
Are you prepared for disaster? Do you have a plan ready to avoid or recover from a records disaster quickly, safely, and effectively? This webinar will present actual disaster and recovery examples to illustrate how to respond to a disaster to your records. It will also discuss planning to mitigate damage that could occur to your organization's records management operations.
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Michael Martin, Paula Fish | Disaster Planning | Register | |
Thursday, March 27, 2025 | Email Management | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
State agencies and local governments use email daily to communicate, administer, and transact public business. The result is often copious amounts of emails. Most emails are transitory messages that governments can delete after they no longer need them. However, others may be records governments must retain to fulfill retention requirements. The key to managing email is understanding how it is used in your organization and creating policies for use and management. This webinar is a primer to help you
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Jamie Brinkman, Jennifer O'Neill, Maria McCashion | Register | ||
Thursday, April 3, 2025 | Ask Us Anything About Inactive Storage | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
Want to know more about how to design an effective storage space? Document records locations as they move between the office and storage? Choose shelving, boxes, labels, or other storage materials? Join State Archives staff specializing in Local Government Advisory Services and Scheduling & State Agency Services for a special session marking National Records Management Month where attendees share their questions about storing their inactive records. Your questions determine the content! Come prepared with your questions or just join us to hear what others want to know and learn more about this topic. If you’d like, you can send in your question early to recmgmt@nysed.gov with the subject line “Ask Us Anything about Inactive Storage” and we’ll answer them during the webinar.
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Keith Swaney, Michael Martin, Monica Hauck-Whealton | Inactive Records, General Records Management | Register | |
Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Creating File Plans | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
This webinar will present strategies for filing records that you can apply to paper or electronic records. It will focus on how to develop a filing system that will keep your records organized, accessible and easy to identify for disposition. |
Jamie Brinkman, Vincent Commisso | Files Management | Active Records, Indexing | Register |
Thursday, June 26, 2025 | Establishing Records Management Policies and Procedures | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
Consistency is the key to an effective records management program. Staff need clear guidance regarding
Policies and procedures establish and provide access to rules and processes specific to your records management program. This webinar will explain how to create records management policies and procedures and provide suggestions on how to implement them.
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Karen Rabatin, Monica Hauck-Whealton | General Records Management, Policies and Procedures, Program Administration | Register | |
Thursday, February 27, 2025 | Preservation in Exhibits | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Webinar | Statewide |
Presenter: Amelia Parks, Archives Specialist, DHPSNY. This webinar covers strategies for planning and installing exhibits of archival collections using preservation quality materials and following best practices for preservation strategies. |
Collections Storage, Historical Records | Register | ||
Thursday, April 17, 2025 | Archives are not Neutral | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Webinar | Statewide |
While conventional wisdom holds that archivists should refrain from taking subjective stances in their work, there have been increasing calls in the field to recognize that the historical record from which archives are drawn is far from neutral. How can we expect archivists to remain objective when engaging with politically fraught materials that are potentially held within institutions founded on principles that do not reflect current societal values? In this webinar, we discuss the importance of recognizing that our own positions impact the work we do in collections fields. |
Dyani Feige | Historical Records | Register |