Secretary of State, 2017 Annual Report State agency publications premiered in the Alabama Department of Archives and History’s Electronic Records Collections on October 1, 2019. This site provides access to born-digital records through Preservica, a cloud-based service that ensures the long-term preservation of electronic file formats. The new collections include full-text publications produced electronically by … Continue reading State Agency Publications Now Live on Preservica
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Digitized Alabama House and Senate Journals Now Live on Preservica
The 1998-2018 Journals of the Alabama Senate went live in the Alabama Department of Archives and History Electronic Records Collections on September 1, 2019, joining the 1998-2018 Journals of the Alabama House of Representatives. This site provides access to born-digital records through Preservica, a cloud-based subscription service that provides access to electronic records and migrates … Continue reading Digitized Alabama House and Senate Journals Now Live on Preservica
Capturing Web Content with Archive-It
You know what they say – once you post something online, you can’t take it down. “The internet is forever” – except when it’s not. Ever clicked on a link only to receive the pesky message “404 Error: Page Not Found”? Web records such as websites and social media are only “forever” if they are … Continue reading Capturing Web Content with Archive-It
You Don’t Need to Keep It All: Start Decluttering Your Email
To the phrase “You don’t need to keep it all,” I often receive this common response: “I would need to hire an assistant full-time just to manage my email.” While storage may be relatively cheap, think about how long it takes your search engine to find an email among twenty thousand messages. The value of … Continue reading You Don’t Need to Keep It All: Start Decluttering Your Email
First Steps to Better Email Management
Many emails you receive at work are transient records and thus can be deleted. Managing those emails properly can be done in as little as fifteen minutes a day. So where do you begin? You start by deleting emails that you know can be deleted such as unsolicited SPAM or distributed messages sent to groups. … Continue reading First Steps to Better Email Management
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