Records Retention and Disposal Information for Michigan Public Libraries

White Pine Library Cooperative went through boxes that were kept for years and needed to eliminate a lot of the papers and dated information.

There are certain items that need to be kept for different amounts of time.  We used the State of Michigan  Records Retention and Disposal Schedule, General Schedule #17 – Public Libraries.  This schedule defines how long records need to be retained to satisfy administrative, fiscal, legal, and historical requirements, and they specify if/when records can be destroyed. 

Here’s the link to the schedule that was used:  https://www.michigan.gov/documents/dtmb/RMS_GS17_640201_7.pdf

You can also find this information on the White Pine Library Cooperative Resources page:  https://wplc.org/resources/