Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to participate in a brief online survey examining current records management practices within higher education. This study seeks input from professional librarians, archivists, records managers, and higher education personnel who work with or support institutional records. Your insights will help our research team better understand how institutions manage records today. The resulting landscape study report will help identify opportunities for strengthening practices across the field. A PDF version of the survey is available upon request.
The survey should take approximately 20–30 minutes to complete. Participation is completely voluntary, and no identifying personal information will be collected. You may access the survey here: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1KYESrhu6IcN7dc. The survey will remain open until August 1, 2026.
We hope you will consider contributing to this project. Your participation will help provide a clearer understanding of records management across higher education and support ongoing improvements in the field. Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues who may be interested.
For any questions about this survey, please contact Victoria Eastes, (254) 519-5499, veastes@tamuct.edu or Jane LaBarbara, (304) 293-0352, jane.labarbara@mail.wvu.edu.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Krista Oldham
she/her/hers
Krista Oldham | Director of University Archives & University Archivist
Cushing Memorial Library & Archives
Texas A&M University Libraries
koldham@tamu.edu------------------------------