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Official sources
Clerks should rely on official sources for instructions regarding their callings. Claims in the Tech Wiki will be more reliable if they are backed up by references to official sources.
Printed documents
The Church handbooks used by leaders (as possibly amended or extended by subsequent letters from the First Presidency) are the authoritative source of policy and procedures for clerks.
Occasionally the Church sends letters to stake presidents and bishops. These will sometimes amend or extend the policies in the Church handbooks. Such letters should be kept on file in each ward and stake until instructions are sent to destroy them (as often happens when new editions of the Church handbooks are released). Stake presidents also have access to an online repository of these letters in PDF format.
Online training
The online Record Keeping and Auditing Training is available on lds.org under Serving in the Church, Melchizedek Priesthood, or at clerk.lds.org under Training. The lessons may be downloaded for installation on Church administrative computers, or personal computers used for learning, training, and support. The downloaded version of the training lessons contains PDF documents containing the text of the lessons.
Online resources
Other documents can be found on the stake and ward web sites hosted on lds.org under Record Keeping Information. Note that you will only be able to access the Record Keeping Information if you are designated in the Leadership Directory section of the web site as some sort of clerk or priesthood leader. However, at present some of these documents are out of date, and several are located or linked to from the Clerk and Technology Support site.
The Clerk and Technology Support site at http://clerk.lds.org provides a wealth of information. It contains a repository of letters and policies relevant to clerks, troubleshooting guides, a calendar of important deadlines, Meetinghouse Internet instructions, and links to MLS Downloads, training lessons, and a discussion forum.
The letters and policies archive on the Tech Wiki is a collection of documents relevant to clerks.
Messages
Occasionally messages will be sent to clerks via the messaging system, or via e-mail. The e-mail communication will happen only if callings have been set up properly.