University of British Columbia

The mission of the University of British Columbia Archives is to serve as the institution's corporate memory by identifying, preserving and making available for use the University's permanently valuable records. In pursuit of this mission, the University Archives acquire the corporate records (regardless of physical form or characteristics) created, received or accumulated by University officers or employees in the course of their duties on behalf of the institution. To augment the information in the University's corporate records, the Archives acquire the private papers of selected faculty members, administrators and alumni, as well as the records of independent student, alumni and employee organizations. The Archives help facilitate the efficient management of the institution's records through its coordination of the University's records management program. The University Archives serve the institution in a public relations capacity by disseminating information about the development of the institution to interested individuals at the University and beyond and promotes academic research through the provision of reference services and the preparation of finding aids and other specialized research tools. (Approved by University Archives and Records Management Advisory Committee, January 1996)

To help realise the University Archives' mission and solicit advice and foster effective communication with the University community at large, the University Librarian has established a University Archives and Records Management Advisory Committee.

The scope of activities and responsibilities assigned to the University Archives have been articulated in three separate policies passed by the Board of Governors: University Archives, Records Management, and Records Retention and Disposition.

In addition to serving in a stewardship capacity for the institution's permanently valuable records, the University Archives also facilitates the effective management of the current corporate records by providing records management services to the University community.

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