Criteria for Microfilm Preservation and Downloading
Documents to be Preserved
- Annual Reports of State Agencies, Boards, Commissions, and
Elected Officials.
- Statistical Reports of State Agencies, Boards, Commissions,
and Elected Officials.
- Budget, Financial and Audit reports of State Agencies, Boards,
Commissions, and Elected Officials.
- Legislative Materials such as un-passed bills, Legislative
Journal, Interim Study Reports, Legislative Research reports,
committee hearings and floor debates*.
- Judicial Branch reports (Supreme Court, Appellate Court,
etc.).
- Directories and Rosters produced by State Agencies.
- Agency Laws, Rules and Regulations, if separately published.
- Agency histories.
- Reports of special conferences, summits (e.g. Constitutional
Conferences.
- Reports on Nebraska Economic conditions.
- Selected newsletters with a lot of statistical or economic
information not available in annual compilations (e.g. Business
in Nebraska).
- Special one-time reports on subjects such as environment,
endangered species, water use, other key Nebraska issues.
- Other monographic research reports of statewide appeal (e.g.
Conservation and Survey reports).
* microfilmed by Records Management for the Clerk of the Legislature
Documents not Filmed
- Publications widely available to the public such as NebGuides.
- Agency newsletters or newspapers (e.g. Daily Nebraskan).
- Publications agency does not give permission to be filmed
(e.g. Career Information System reports).
- Pamphlets, brochures, forms.
- Publications not in a suitable format for filming (e.g. dark
color, slick paper, bookmarks).
- Publications requiring loose leaf updates (will film new comprehensive
editions but not updates).