Records are fundamental to office operations, and retaining vital and historical records is necessary for day-to-day work, strategic and long-range planning and assessment, and for celebrating important milestones. However, the uncontrolled proliferation of records leads to serious impairment of our effectiveness and ability to do our work as well as significant increases in operating costs, risk, and liability.
As a state agency, the University of Kentucky is--and by extension all university employees are--legally bound to treat records created, used, and/or in its possession as public records that must be managed according to Kentucky statutes.
This page provides information and resources to assist university employees in the proper management of university records. Specific questions related to records retention or destruction may be directed to the records management listserv at uarp@lsv.uky.edu.