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Guidelines

Document Name
20171006outsourced_movingimg_metadata_template_v2.csv
20190626outsourced_audio_metadata_template_v3.csv
20220218_guidelines_transfer_digitized_av
Archival Process for Data and Image Preservation: The Management and Preservation of Digital Media
Bagger GUI User Guide
Best Practices for Cloud Computing: Records Management Considerations
Best Practices for Digital Permanence
Best Practices for Electronic Communications Usage in North Carolina: Guidelines for Implementing a Strategy for Text and Instant Messages
Best Practices for Electronic Communications Usage in North Carolina: Text and Instant Message
Best Practices for File-Naming
Best Practices for Local Government Social Media Usage in North Carolina
Best Practices for State Agency Social Media Usage in North Carolina
Checklist for Scanning Contracts
Collection Procedures for State Government Web Sites Using Archive-It
Conversion of Electronic Records to Microfilm
Digital File Transfer Guidelines
Digital Minutes Transfer Instructions
Digital Signature Policy Guidelines
Disaster Recovery Services
DocuSign How-to Guide

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