Archivists provide their expertise to local governmental officials on the retention of records.
A part-time local records analyst program was initiated in 1986. The Missouri Local Records Grant Program was first made available to local governments in 1991. Approximately 70 percent of the funds will be used for microfilming local permanent records to ensure their preservation. The Local Records Preservation Program's conservation laboratory provides treatment services for all local government records in Missouri. In 1991, the laboratory was opened for the treatment of paper-based records.