NAGARA Webinar Series

The NAGARA Webinar Series, a membership benefit introduced in November 2016, provides members of NAGARA free access to professional development opportunities from the comfort of their own home or office on a near-monthly basis. Below is a list of all webinars currently open for registration. Registration is FREE for members, and $19.00 for non-members.

If you are interested in submitting a topic or proposal to present as part of the NAGARA Webinar Series, please click here to fill out a brief proposal form. A representative from NAGARA will be in touch with you to discuss your proposal.

Members of NAGARA may also visit the NAGARA Webinar Archive to enjoy past webinars from the comfort of their own home or office at any time.

Upcoming NAGARA Webinars


WEBINAR: Digital Preservation Format Best Practices As computing technology has evolved and become more mainstream, so has the need for and an awareness of digital preservation. This webinar will discuss digital preservation file format best pract When: October 4, 2018
WEBINAR: Digital Hoarding & Cleaning House This webinar will demonstrate how agencies are hoarding electronic records and provide tips and strategies on how to clean up and reduce volumes of records using defensible disposition best practices. When: November 1, 2018
WEBINAR: Go Big or Go Home: Using a Team Approach to Processing Large Sets of Records (Without Losing Your Mind) Join staff members from the Tennessee State Library & Archives to hear how they tackled some massive processing projects by experimenting with various team approaches. When: December 6, 2018
WEBINAR 201: The Promise of Predictive Coding Tools for Archives and Records Management In this 201 webinar, presenters will provide an update on a project with the Illinois State Archives to test the capacity of predictive coding software tools to support archivists and records managers in sorting through large volumes of email. When: February 12, 2019
WEBINAR: Opportunities in Change: Transition to Functional Records Scheduling in Washington, Wyoming, and North Carolina Although functional analysis is not a new approach, its broad application in three states provides models of how to divorce records scheduling from organizational hierarchies. The panelists discuss the successes and pitfalls of their varied approaches to creating and implementing functional schedules. When: March 7, 2019