This document outlines general education and training options for the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI) for the next five years, and was approved at CoSA’s Annual Meeting in July 2017. It is one of the products of the Institute for Museum and Library...
SERI_Education_and_Training_Plan_-_2017-2022.pdf
This report clarifies current state archives collection practices of state electronic records on social media platforms, providing a window into how state, territory, and the District of Columbia archives organize, retain, collect, and manage state government social media records. #SERI
COSA_socialmedia_email.pdf
Self-assessments completed by every state and territory in May-June 2012 and again in 2015 helped determine the current status of each state's electronic records and digital preservation program and identify where individual states should focus attention to continue to move forward. The Digital...
Since completion of Phase One, CoSA has taken the data from the surveys and interviews and developed action plans around the findings. The SERI Committee's work is organized around four areas of concentration, each directed by a subcommittee: 1) education and training; 2) awareness of electronic...
The PERTTS project began January 1, 2013, and ran for two years with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) . This project focused on two areas: (a) providing access to in-depth information about standards, best practices, and tools for the management...
FinalNarrativeReport-PERTTSGrant_23November2015.pdf
CoSA received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS ) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant in 2012 to fund SERI’s Strategic Training and Education Program (STEP) for continuing education and training in electronic records and digital preservation for state archives...
Archives Collaborating and Cooperating with External Strategic Stakeholders (ACCESS) began with a one-year planning project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and its National Leadership Grant program. The ACCESS project analyzed and assessed outreach and engagement methods...
CoSA_ACCESS_Action_Plan.FINAL.pdf
By the end of 2015, the SERI project had largely completed the second phase of its agenda, which included developing online resources for CoSA and others interested in electronic records preservation; creating and providing educational opportunities and training for state archives staff on...
SERI_Phase_II_Report_and_Planning_for_Phase_III.pdf
In 2011, each state and territorial archives and records management program completed a survey about its existing electronic records program, then participated in extended follow-up telephone interviews with CoSA's SERI Steering Committee members. The data collected allowed CoSA to develop a...
SERI_Phase_One_Report_-_final_review_draft_-_2012-06.pdf
August 2017 -- The SERI Tools and Resources Subcommittee of the Council of State Archivists presents a three-part module on the best practices for managing digitization projects. The decision to digitize records and the choice of a method to do so are not as simple as putting an item on a...
COSA_DigitizationProjects_final.pdf