Guidelines for Taking Formal Meeting Minutes (PDF) -- January 2006

Making a Case for a Records Management Program (PDF) -- July 2003

Providing Access to Government Records - July 2002

Guidelines for Managing E-Mail - April 2001

Legal Admissibility of Public Records - Jan. 2004

Public Officials: Your Records Responsibilities and the Law - Jan. 2004

State Government

Managing State Records in Alabama - May 2002

Developing an Agency Records Disposition Authority - January 1998

Transferring Archival Records to the Department of Archives and History - April 2000

Transferring Temporary Records to the State Records Center - Dec. 1996

Local Government

Procedures for Implementing a Local Government Records Deposit Agreement -- April 2003 (PDF)

Managing Local Records in Alabama

Saving Alabama's Public Records

Procedures for Loose Records Preparation by County Project Volunteers - June 2001

RECORDS DESTRUCTION PROCEDURES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - October 2000

Records Storage

Records Storage Centers: Construction, Environment, Containers, Shelving and Security - December 2003 (PDF)

Microfilm

GETTING STARTED WITH MICROFILM - January 2002

Preparing a Contract for Archival-Quality Microfilming Services - July 2004

Digital Imaging

Guidelines for Maintaining Permanent or Long-Term Records on Digital Imaging Systems (PDF) -- January 2006

Conservation/Preservation

Cleaning and Preserving Books

Responding to Mold/Mildew Outbreak -- March 2003

Care and Handling of Photographs -- September 2002

Humidification and Flattening of Rolled or Folded Documents - March 2002

Surface Cleaning Documents and Book Pages - March 2002

Removal of Fasteners from Documents - March 2002

The Dangers of Heat-Seal Lamination - February 2002

Northeast Document Conservation Center

SOLINET: Preservation and Access

State and local officials -- for records management assistance call (334) 242-4452 or email us at records@archives.alabama.gov.

Family and historical researchers -- please click here.

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