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  • 1.  Email preservation policy

    Posted 12 days ago
    Does anyone have an email preservation policy for their organization that they could share?  More of a who/what/how long policy than a how-to policy.

    Thanks,

    Greg

    Gregory A Jackson, CA 

    Director of Archives

    Bryn Athyn Historic District

    1001 Cathedral Road | PO Box 757 | Bryn Athyn, PA 19009 
    GlencairnMuseum.org 




  • 2.  RE: Email preservation policy

    Posted 11 days ago

    The policy of the State of Texas is that email falls into the same set of rules as any other government or university records. Those records retention policies are detailed:

     

    https://records.utexas.edu/utrrs

     

    also:

     

    https://www.tsl.texas.gov/slrm/state/schedules

     

    So, the retention period would depend upon the content of the email, there is no blanket for all e-mail.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Chris

     






  • 3.  RE: Email preservation policy

    Posted 11 days ago
    Thank you, James.  Our records schedule doesn't mention emails, so I'm curious how other organizations are doing it.

    Greg



    Original Message


  • 4.  RE: Email preservation policy

    Posted 11 days ago

    I should add that I'm particularly interested in how museums manage their email.  Do you collect all email?  Just department heads?  Areas such as donors, loans, conservation, etc?



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    Gregory Jackson USNavy, Retired
    Director of Archives
    Glencairn Museum, Academy of The New Church
    Bryn Athyn PA
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