On the Record

February 2, 2026

In This Issue

• Our Team Has Grown
• RIM Month 2026
• Training

Our Team Has Grown

The Records and Information Management Services team has some exciting news! Please welcome Misty Dawn Molina as our new Records and Information Management Analyst. Misty Dawn has her BA from St. Edward’s University in Organizational Communication and her Certified Records Analyst certification from the Institute of Certified Records Managers. She has over 30 years of records and information management experience, as well as a strong background in process management and training.

Misty Dawn previously worked at UT in both Facilities Services and the College of Education before leaving to work for the City of Austin. She looks forward to meeting and getting to know all of our DRMCs and other records management partners and becoming a key contact for all records and information management questions.

Jenny and Mia are both so excited to have Misty Dawn on the team!

RIM Month 2026

We have just one more scheduled training on February 17 (see more below), and then we are taking March off so that we can be ready for Records and Information Management Month in April!

Once again, we will have sessions of our introductory virtual trainings, IG101: Records Management for DRMCs and IG103: What Everyone Needs to Know about University Records. We will also have sessions of our hands-on, in-person classes: IG110: Learning the Records Lifecycle and IG112: The Records Inventory. Returning from RIM Months past are bonus sessions of popular classes: Tackling the Digital Sprawl and Manage Your Mailbox Before It Manages You.

New for RIM Month 2026:

• Our newest team member, Misty Dawn, will do a presentation on disaster preparedness, business continuity, and disaster recovery and how records management plays a part. “Disaster” can mean a weather event, a major water leak in your offices, a malware event, or even a pandemic. Be prepared!
• Elista Street from Enterprise Technology will join us once again to present a session on the intersection of Teams and SharePoint and how Teams integrates with records management. We’re lucky to have Elista on our records management “team”!
• Finally, Jenny will present a new class on how assess the state of your department’s records management. Does your department have a records management policy? Where do you store physical and digital records? Does your department have a folder and file naming policy? This class will prepare you to answer these questions and more as part of a departmental self-assessment.

This year for RIM Month, we are moving our virtual trainings from Zoom to Teams webinars. We will offer detailed instructions for our attendees who have never registered for and attended a Teams webinar.

More information about RIM Month 2026 is coming soon, including dates and times of all our sessions and registration links.

Training

Our final training before RIM Month is a great introduction to records management for any employee at UT. Please share this learning opportunity with your co-workers!

• IG103: What Everyone Needs to Know about University Records
  • Target Audience: All UT employees
  • Format: Webinar
  • Upcoming Dates: February 17
  • Register here in UTLearn

• UTRRS 8.1 Resources
• DRMC Resources
• Records Management Plan
• Imaging Departmental Records
• Records Inventory
• Request to Dispose of Records