For people interested in records management, as am I, I am forwarding the following email announcing: SNAP chat reminder! Joint chat with the SNAP RT and the RMRT on Thursday, Dec. 3 2 a SNAP and RM discussion tonight, Thursday, 12/3, at 8:00 p.m. Carol Vandenberg Reference Librarian & Archivist Voice: 734-432-5691 FAX: 734-432-5687 -----Original Message----- From: SAA Records Management Roundtable Discussion List digest [mailto:rmrt@forums.archivists.org] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 12:24 AM To: rmrt digest recipients Subject: rmrt digest: December 02, 2015 RMRT Digest for Wednesday, December 02, 2015. 1. SNAP chat reminder! Joint chat with the SNAP RT and the RMRT on Thursday, Dec. 3 2. Please Help Complete the Software as a Service (SaaS) Applications and Records Management Survey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: SNAP chat reminder! Joint chat with the SNAP RT and the RMRT on Thursday, Dec. 3 From: Bethany Cron <bethany.cron@nara.gov> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:06:36 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1 Hello Everyone! We hope you will be able to join us for the special joint SNAP Twitter chat with the SAA SNAP Roundtable <http://www2.archivists.org/groups/students-and-new-archives-professionals-snap-roundtable>! It will take place on Thursday, December 3, at 8 PM ET and will be a wonderful opportunity to learn about records management from those engaged in this work, make some new connections, and even pose your own questions. Our goal is not only to introduce students to this field, but also to facilitate dialog and understanding among SNAPers and records management professionals of all experience levels. We would like this chat to be as conversational as possible! SNAPers can engage in the chat by: - responding to main questions based on their own knowledge and experience - posing their own questions related to the main questions during the discussion - following up on others’ responses with their own thoughts and further questions We welcome everyone to join or keep up with our chat using the #snaprt <https://twitter.com/hashtag/snaprt>hashtag on Twitter. The SNAP Roundtable Twitter account will pose main questions such as: - How is the work of records managers different from that of archivists in various contexts, such as academia, government, and business? - What do records managers find most challenging about their work or this field? - What do records managers find most enjoyable and exciting about their own work or this field? - What conceptual knowledge and skills are important for students to develop and how should they go about pursuing them? - What personal goals related to records management are #snaprt chatters pursuing? If you would like to have your discussion topic included in this chat, please send it to @SNAP_Roundtable <https://twitter.com/SNAP_Roundtable> on Twitter, submit it through the anonymous form on the SNAP RT chat webpage <https://snaproundtable.wordpress.com/snap-rt-twitter-chat/> or e-mail it to ariadne.rehbein@gmail.com. Please see the SNAP RT chat webpage for more information about #snaprt Twitter chats. *Definition of Records Management based on the Federal definition:* Records management is the planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities involved in the creation, maintenance and use, and disposition of information. Records management aims to achieve adequate and proper documentation of the policies and work of an organization and effective and economical management of operations. Here some resources related to the SNAP and RM joint chat you may want to check out: - SAA Records Management Roundtable microsite: http://www2.archivists.org/groups/records-management-roundtable - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s Frequently Asked Questions about RecordsManagement: https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/faqs/ - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s Records Management Basics on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLugwVCjzrJsXTLHxK0Iwg90oqDSUtiCHN Talk to you tomorrow! Beth Cron Chair, RMRT The contents of this message are mine personally and do not necessarily reflect any position of the Government or the National Archives and Records Administration. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Please Help Complete the Software as a Service (SaaS) Applications and Records Management Survey From: "Pan, Weimei" <weimei.pan@ubc.ca> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 17:44:30 +0000 X-Message-Number: 2 ***Please forgive cross-posting*** Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to say a big thank you to those who have responded so promptly to my survey. I sincerely appreciated your contribution, without which it would be impossible to have this study. I understand how valuable your spare time is at this time of the year. I am hoping that you may be able to give about 20 minutes of your time to help me collect important information on cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and records management by completing a short survey. If you have not yet responded, I would like to urge you to complete the survey. I plan to end this survey next week, so I wanted to email everyone who has not responded to make sure you had a chance to participate. Please click on the link below to go to the survey website (or copy and paste the survey link into your Internet browser). Survey link: https://survey.ubc.ca/surveys/mphqcqhghxzbgnmx7gfzrp6pqwqnmd/records-creatio... The questionnaire will remain accessible for your input until December 10, 2015. Thank you in advance for your kind help! Your responses are important! Sincerely, Weimei Pan PhD Candidate, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies University of British Columbia Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Suite 471 1961 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1 CANADA weimei.pan@ubc.ca<mailto:weimei.pan@ubc.ca> Supervisor's contact information: Dr. Luciana Duranti Professor, Archival Studies University of British Columbia Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Suite 470 1961 East Mall Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1 CANADA luciana.duranti@ubc.ca<mailto:luciana.duranti@ubc.ca> --- END OF DIGEST --- You are currently subscribed to the SAA Records Management Roundtable Discussion List as: cvandenberg@madonna.edu To unsubscribe or to change your list settings, please visit: http://saa.archivists.org/scripts/4disapi.dll/4DCGI/person/ListServ.html?