Introduction

The Illinois State Records Center, located at 3765 Winchester Road, Springfield, Illinois, is operated by the Archives and Records Division of the Secretary of State. It provides state agencies free storage and reference service for semi-current records that the State Records Commission has approved for Records Center storage.

The records disposition process begins with the Archives' Records Management staff. Through consultation with your agency, they develop a plan for disposition of each record. A list of these records is then presented to the State Records Commission for approval. This plan takes the documentary form of our Application for Authority to Dispose of State Records or, more familiarly, the records retention schedule.

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These approved retention schedules list and describe the records. They also give a "recommendation" which indicates the disposition of a record. The "recommendation" on the retention schedule will list the length of time a record is to be kept in the office, and subsequently in the Records Center until disposal. The approved retention schedule grants continuing authority to dispose of the listed record in accordance with procedures established by the State Records Commission. Remember, only records which are listed on an approved retention schedule will be accepted for storage in the Records Center. If you have not developed retention schedules for records, or need current listings of active retention schedules, please contact the State Records Management Unit at (217) 782-2647.

• Transferring Records to the State Records Center
• Requesting Files from the State Records Center
• Disposal of Records by the State Records Center