{"id":2664,"date":"2011-08-25T12:53:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T17:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2011-08-25T12:53:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T17:53:05","slug":"mass-shredding-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=2664","title":{"rendered":"Mass Shredding Made Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the early days of Records Management, the majority of university records could be disposed though recycling or waste\u00a0 (simply throwing records in the trash).\u00a0 Due to the confidential nature of university records and ever increasing security concerns, shredding is now mandatory for most temporary records.\u00a0 Fear not!\u00a0 Records Management provides a free shredding service for all university offices and departments.<\/p>\n

Before any records are shredded, we must receive disposal permission from the department of origin.\u00a0 We then stage the records on the floor of the University Records Center and double check each box to assure that only the proper records are disposed.<\/p>\n

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View inside the University Records Center where boxes are staged for shredding.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Boxes that can be shredded are placed on shred pallets and clearly labeled.<\/p><\/div>\n

We shred approximately 300 boxes of temporary records each month.\u00a0 To handle this mass shredding, we use an outside vendor, Shred-It.\u00a0\u00a0 We shred all records on-site as an added security measure.<\/p>\n

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The Shred-It truck parks outside the Central Receiving Warehouse, while shredding is completed on-site.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A peak at the industrial shredder inside the Shred-It truck.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Contents of an entire box are shredded -- no need to remove paperclips, staples, or binders.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the early days of Records Management, the majority of university records could be disposed though recycling or waste\u00a0 (simply throwing records in the trash).\u00a0 Due to the confidential nature of university records and ever increasing security concerns, shredding is now mandatory for most temporary records.\u00a0 Fear not!\u00a0 Records Management provides a free shredding service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-records-management"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-GY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8836,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8836","url_meta":{"origin":2664,"position":0},"title":"Shared Custody – Working in University Records Management and Special Collections","author":"Amanda Menjivar","date":"September 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This post was written by Lana Mason, Records Management Assistant and Processing Student Assistant. 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