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for topics covered in the IPER courses

Essential Records | Records Emergency Planning & Response
Introduction to Records and Information Management

Glossary of Key Terms for the IPER Courses This guide to basic terminology has been compiled by the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) for reference by students taking its Essential Records Webinar and Records Emergency Planning & Response Webinar training courses. This glossary was compiled in December 2009.

Essential Records

  1. Main page for my state or territory in the IPER Resource Center
    Georgia main page in the IPER Resource Center
    http://www.statearchivists.org/resource-center/states/ga_main.htm
  2. State/territorial archives and records management program(s)
    The Georgia Archives home page
    http://www.GeorgiaArchives.org
  3. Definitions of essential records in statutes and regulations   
    O.C.G.A. 50-18-91(10) [called “vital” records in this definition].
    http://tinyurl.com/GA-Records-Act-50-18-91
  4. Records retention and disposition schedules applicable to my agency
    Records retention schedules
    http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/who_are_we/rims/retention_schedules/
  5. Laws and regulations addressing emergency management and records management
  6. Georgia Records Act
    http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/who_are_we/rims/
    best_practices_resources/georgia_records_act.htm

    Record Keeping Requirements for Records Stored in Georgia's County Offices
    http://tinyurl.com/22pmfwu

    For summary of other Georgia record laws, see: http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/who_are_we/rims/best_practices_resources/
    summary_georgia_record_keeping_laws.htm

  7. Resources on identifying risks that are relevant to my state/locality 
  8. State/local regulations or guidelines addressing the protection of essential records
  9. Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans: examples and templates           

Records Emergency Planning and Response

  1. Main page for my state or territory in the IPER Resource Center
    Georgia main page in the IPER Resource Center
    http://www.statearchivists.org/resource-center/states/ga_main.htm
  2. State/territorial archives and records management program(s)
    The Georgia Archives home page
    http://www.GeorgiaArchives.org
  3. The emergency response plan for my state or territory
    Georgia Emergency Operations Plan
    http://tinyurl.com/ycf2bpu
    2010 Draft Hurricane Plan
    http://tinyurl.com/ylq7aeo

  4. Records Emergency Action Plans (REAPs) for my state or territory
    In development.

  5. A directory of vendors, contractors, and suppliers who specialize in various aspects of emergency response and recovery for my state and locality
    Selected List of Vendors
    http://tiny.cc/3tcxp

    LYRASIS Preservation and Disaster Vendors database
    http://www.lyrasis.org/Preservation/Search-For-Vendors.aspx
  6. Statewide emergency response contracts, supplies, resources, etc., that apply to my state and/or locality
    None currently available
  7. My state's sources of archivists and conservators
    Society of Georgia Archivists
    http://www.soga.org/
    American Institute for Conservation, Find a Conservator
    http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=
    Page.viewPage&pageId=495&parentID=472

  8. Response and recovery resources available in my area
    Emergency advice from the Georgia Archives
    http://tinyurl.com/yjm8jjf
    Ready.Georgia.com
    http://www.ready.ga.gov/

    Heritage Emergency Response Alliance (HERA) Atlanta
    http://www.heritagepreservation.org/afr/Atlanta/index.html
    Savannah Heritage Emergency Response (SHER)
    http://www.heritagepreservation.org/afr/Savannah/index.html
  9. Training on recovering damaged records that is available in my state and/or locality
    Georgia Archives, Disaster Preparedness workshops offered through GHRAB periodically depending on grant funding

    http://www.sos.ga.gov/archives/who_are_we/ghrab/grant_programs/default.htm
    LYRASIS (search under preservation for courses on emergency preparedness)
    http://www.lyrasis.org/Classes-and-Events.aspx
    Society of Georgia Archivists
    http://www.soga.org/education

Introduction to Records and Information Management

See Georgia links in the table at
http://www.statearchivists.org/resource-center/rim/index.htm#ga


The development and delivery of the IPER courses and Resource Center were supported by Cooperative Agreement Number 2007-GS-T7-K022, administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Training & Exercise Integration Secretariat. Points of view or opinions in this program are those of the author(s) and do not represent the position or policies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.