Good Morning, I made my first post on this list about two months ago and
as I continue to settle into my new job I'm finding that I'm overwhelmed
with RM responsibilities that I never expected.

 

I was hired in October to be in charge of the archives and special
collections and my primary training is in archives with very little RIM
experience or training.  When I first arrived I found out that the
college was in the beginning stages of installing a system called Banner
to manage and consolidate the records of several departments such as
finance, student applications, alumni records, etc.  So I began looking
into it to see what they were doing as far as retention of those
records.  A few weeks ago I was called to meet with our legal council
who told me that she would like to see a formal records schedule in
place for the entire college.  I couldn't agree more with her but I'm
feeling completely overwhelmed now.  I have a multitude of archival
projects to handle including two separate archival collections (I'm a
one man department) and now the responsibility of developing a whole
records management program, including electronic records, from scratch.
I know at this point the college won't be hiring anyone to take over
this responsibility although I would like to impress upon our legal
council that if she really wants this done that they may have to hire
someone to handle it.

 

So my question is where do I start? I've been reading all sorts of
articles that I found on the ARMA website, looking at various college
and university records policies and deciding if I need to take a class
or a few.  I wouldn't mind taking a course or doing a workshop but there
are so many out there and there are so many different parts to RIM that
I'm wondering if there is a catch-all type class that I could take
rather than travel all over and spend $200 a class.  My education budget
is limited and is primarily allocated to going to SAA, NEA and other
archives related meetings.

 

Help!!

 

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Christina J. Zamon

Head of Archives and Special Collections

Emerson College

120 Boylston Street 

Boston, MA  02116

Tel: (617) 824-8679

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