Whether you’re early in your career, have an established practice, or are looking towards retirement, you can - and should - take steps to record, safely store, and preserve your material records and data. Knowing that your artistic, business and programmatic history is centralized and stored in multiple formats provides peace of mind, and also ensures that your legacy will last. If you work in a company or collective of artists, succession planning is also critical to sustain the work through the loss of a leader. This workshop will share best practices and tools for inventorying your work, data management, identifying key documents and materials, and then safely protecting them from damage or loss will be addressed.