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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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Workshop Title |
Time | Workshop Type | Location | Region | Description | Presenter | Workshop Topic | Register |
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| Thursday, October 10, 2024 | Ask Us Anything About Archival Records | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
October is National Archives Month and the State Archives is marking the occasion by holding a forum where state agencies and local governments can ask their most pressing questions about archival records.
Our focus for this session are the following areas:
Panelists for this event will consist of New York State Archives staff in Local Government Advisory Services, Scheduling and State Agency Services and the Documentary Heritage Program.
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” and we’ll answer them during the webinar.
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Jennifer O'Neill, John Diefenderfer, Michael Martin, Sarah Durling | Historical Records, Appraisal, Retention and Disposition | Register | |
| Thursday, November 21, 2024 | Avoiding the Paper Avalanche: The Quest for the Paperless Office | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
Today most records are created electronically yet many state agencies and local governments still struggle to manage mounds of paper. This webinar will explore some of the reasons this problem persists, and suggests some practical solutions that will help agencies and governments reduce the amount of paper to be managed and better manage their digital records. |
Monica Hauck-Whealton, Sarah Durling | General Records Management | Register | |
| Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | Caring for Photograph Collections | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Classroom Training | Monroe County |
Photographs are ubiquitous in collections, and managing and caring for these materials present unique challenges. This workshop will cover the basics of care and management for photographic collections. We will discuss how photographic collections are defined and described, spend time looking at different types of photographic materials, and consider how materials impact preservation, storage, and housing decisions. Emphasis will be given to scalable solutions for preservation. A hands-on housing activity will provide participants with experience creating enclosures.
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Amanda Murray | Historical Records | Register | |
| Friday, October 18, 2024 | Caring for Photograph Collections | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Classroom Training | St Lawrence County |
Photographs are ubiquitous in collections, and managing and caring for these materials present unique challenges. This workshop will cover the basics of care and management for photographic collections. We will discuss how photographic collections are defined and described, spend time looking at different types of photographic materials, and consider how materials impact preservation, storage, and housing decisions. Emphasis will be given to scalable solutions for preservation. A hands-on housing activity will provide participants with experience creating enclosures.
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Amanda Murray | Historical Records | Register | |
| Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | Caring for Photograph Collections | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Classroom Training | Onondaga County |
Photographs are ubiquitous in collections, and managing and caring for these materials present unique challenges. This workshop will cover the basics of care and management for photographic collections. We will discuss how photographic collections are defined and described, spend time looking at different types of photographic materials, and consider how materials impact preservation, storage, and housing decisions. Emphasis will be given to scalable solutions for preservation. A hands-on housing activity will provide participants with experience creating enclosures.
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Amanda Murray | Historical Records | Register | |
| Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | Caring for Photograph Collections | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Classroom Training | Cayuga County |
Photographs are ubiquitous in collections, and managing and caring for these materials present unique challenges. This workshop will cover the basics of care and management for photographic collections. We will discuss how photographic collections are defined and described, spend time looking at different types of photographic materials, and consider how materials impact preservation, storage, and housing decisions. Emphasis will be given to scalable solutions for preservation. A hands-on housing activity will provide participants with experience creating enclosures.
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Amanda Murray | Historical Records | Register | |
| Thursday, November 21, 2024 | Caring for Photograph Collections | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Classroom Training | Chautauqua County |
Photographs are ubiquitous in collections, and managing and caring for these materials present unique challenges. This workshop will cover the basics of care and management for photographic collections. We will discuss how photographic collections are defined and described, spend time looking at different types of photographic materials, and consider how materials impact preservation, storage, and housing decisions. Emphasis will be given to scalable solutions for preservation. A hands-on housing activity will provide participants with experience creating enclosures.
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Amanda Murray | Historical Records | Register | |
| Friday, November 22, 2024 | Caring for Photograph Collections | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Classroom Training | Niagara County |
Photographs are ubiquitous in collections, and managing and caring for these materials present unique challenges. This workshop will cover the basics of care and management for photographic collections. We will discuss how photographic collections are defined and described, spend time looking at different types of photographic materials, and consider how materials impact preservation, storage, and housing decisions. Emphasis will be given to scalable solutions for preservation. A hands-on housing activity will provide participants with experience creating enclosures.
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Amanda Murray | Historical Records | Register | |
| Thursday, December 12, 2024 | Keeping Up With COVID-19 - Maintaining Your Pandemic Records | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
The COVID-19 public health emergency has resulted in an unprecedented level of documentation - both of the pandemic’s impact on communities and governments' response to the pandemic. Local governments and state agencies seeking guidance on managing and preserving these records are welcome to join us as we provide some insight on managing records in a remote environment, applying appropriate retention schedule items, and identifying records of enduring historical value. |
Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Martin | Electronic Records, Active Records, General Records Management, Retention and Disposition | Register | |
| Thursday, October 17, 2024 | Managing Oversized Maps, Plans and Drawings | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Webinar | Statewide |
Managing over-sized maps and architectural drawings is one of those challenges we wish would just go away. They are bulky, often are subject to lengthy retention periods, and can easily become an unruly headache. Depending on the size and nature of your government, they can be a monstrously large set of records.
In an attempt to bring these challenges into perspective and make these records more manageable, this webinar will address the key elements of maps, plans, and drawings, including the significance of these records to efficient government operations. We will describe common characteristics of these types of materials such as format, media, and sizes, and how these characteristics affect the management of these records. We will explore how to conduct an initial assessment to better understand the scope and scale of your records management issues when dealing with over-sized materials. Finally, we will discuss some strategies in how to process these records in order to get physical and intellectual control over them, as well as storage options, reformatting, and ways to facilitate access.
In one hour we can only scratch the surface, but hopefully this webinar will provide some basic, common sense approaches to managing maps, plans, and architectural or engineering drawings.
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Arthur Siegel, Monica Hauck-Whealton | Active Records, General Records Management, Historical Records, Inventory, Indexing | Register |
