University of Tasmania, Australia

The Records Management Unit will be running recordkeeping workshops at the Cradle Coast Campus on Tuesday the 19th of April.The workshops are open to all UTAS staff and attendance is free.

Following the successful round of recordkeeping workshops recently held in Hobart and Launceston, the Records Management Unit has scheduled a round of workshops for staff based at the Cradle Coast Campus in Burnie. The workshops will be held on Tuesday the 19th of April in room MR.AL09.L02.203. The workshops are open to all UTAS staff and attendance is free.

Introduction to Recordkeeping

Time: 9:00 am to 10:00 am, Tuesday the 19th of April.

Venue: MR.AL09.L02.203

This workshop is intended to give staff an understanding of the basics of recordkeeping and what they are required to do as employees of the University. As all staff are responsible for the records they create or receive in the course of their work, this workshop would be useful for all UTAS employees, but it is especially applicable to knowledge workers who frequently create documents.

This one hour workshop covers:

• Understanding your responsibilities under the Archives Act
• What is a record and what isn’t?
• What needs to be kept and what doesn’t need to be kept?
• Where should you keep records?
• Where can you go for help?

Records Disposal Procedures

Time: 10:00 am to 11:00 am, Tuesday the 19th of April

Venue: MR.AL09.L02.203

This workshop focuses on the practical steps involved in appraising and disposing of University records, whether through destruction or transfer to the State Archives. It is primarily intended for administrative staff who are tasked with the responsibility of clearing out storage areas and boxes of inactive records, but would be useful for any staff member who would like to know how to determine how long they need to keep records and how to dispose of those that are no longer needed.

This one hour workshop covers:

• How long do you need to keep records?
• How do you use disposal schedules?
• How can you get rid of records you no longer need?
• What can you do with records that don’t fit into a disposal class?

Prior completion of the Introduction to Recordkeeping workshop is strongly recommended, but not required.

More information

If you are interested in signing up for a workshop or would like more information, please contact our Training and Disposal Officer at George.Phillips@utas.edu.au or on 6226 1894.