Records Services

Guidelines/Standards

• Preserving and Disposing of Government Records (May 2008 Revision, in PDF)
• Electronic Records Management Guidelines
• Managing Your Government Records: Guidelines for Archives and Agencies
• Disaster Preparedness
• Minnesota Recordkeeping Metadata Standard (IRM 20)

Forms

• Records Retention Schedule Form RTF
• Application for the Disposal of Records (PR-1) RTF | PDF
• Transfer of Records to the State Archives RTF | PDF
• Govt. Records Depository Agreement (with local/county Historical Society) RTF | PDF
• Records Inventory Worksheet RTF | PDF
• Electronic Records Inventory Worksheet  RTF  | PDF
• Records Destruction Report RTF | PDF

Informational Leaflets

(available as )

• No.1 Township Records
• No.2 School District Records
• No.3 Records of the County Superintendent of Schools
• No.4 Municipal Records
• No.5 Law Enforcement Records
• No.6 County Auditor Records
• No.7 Public Library Records
• No.8 Records of Public Health Care Facilities
• No.9 Records of Heritage Preservation Commissions
• No.10 Watershed District and Soil and Water Conservation District Records

Related Links

This is an annotated list of of web sites with content relating to government records and archives and include information in the following areas.

• Minnesota Government
• Minnesota Organizations
• International Organizations
• National Organizations
• Professional Organizations

September 16, 2009, links verified January 27, 2010