NEW GUIDANCE: 

Key Records Management Concepts

Essential information to enable you to manage University Records easily and effectively.

Identification and destruction of transitory records

Transitory records are those which are required for a limited time to complete a routine action, used in the preparation of final records or retained as information or convenience copies by offices or individuals who do not have primary responsibility for them University of Alberta employees are authorized to destroy transitory University Records as part of routine operations.

Template for developing rules for records

This template provides a template for developing rules for accessing, protecting and trusting University Records.  It supports the PARIS Approach and will support Units in developing their own rules for managing University Records.

Managing Email Records Guidelines for Faculty and Staff

This document provides advice to University employees on practices to manage email records. These practices will also assist members of the community manage their Google storage, in accordance with existing quotas.

Special thanks to the USchool Team for putting this together.

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