Simon Fraser University
Archival Services for Faculty

 

SFU Archives and Records Management Department

 

What is the role of an archives?
Archives work to acquire, preserve, and make available material collected under the terms of a particular mandate. Archives ensure that records of enduring research value and use are preserved for future generations, linking together the past, the present, and the future.

 

What is the role of an archivist?
Archivists are responsible for appraising, acquiring, arranging, describing, preserving, and providing access to records of enduring value. They do so according to professional archival principles and standards to protect the records’ authenticity and context.

 

Why does Simon Fraser University keep an archives?
The SFU Archives serves a number of purposes: it preserves and provides access and reference services for the University’s historical records and archival research collections; it aids in the management of the University’s current business records; it provides services that help the University comply with its legal obligations as they relate to university records; and it preserves the University’s corporate memory and a record of its place in the history of higher education, and the history of British Columbia in general.

 

What is the collecting mandate of the Simon Fraser University Archives?
The goal of the SFU Archives is to support the teaching, research and learning needs of faculty and students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To do this, we acquire three major categories of materials:

  1. The official public records of the University, including those created by the Board of Governors, university committees, faculties, departments and administrative offices.
  2. Materials documenting the wider University community, including the donated papers of private groups such as the Faculty Association, Student Society, Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU), Childcare Society and personal papers donated by prominent individual faculty, staff and students.
  3. Historical research collections donated by private individuals and organizations that relate to a variety of subjects, including women's studies, education in British Columbia, publishing, communications, criminology, and social protest.

Services for Faculty, Researchers, Students and Administrators

 

The SFU Archives Program supports teaching, research, and university administration by acquiring and protecting university records of historic value. We also collect records of private individuals and organizations including faculty and university-related groups. In addition, the Archives provides advice and guidance to faculty and administrators on compliance with provincial and federal legislation in the areas of records management, freedom of information, privacy protection and copyright.

 

Services available to Faculty and Instructional Staff:

Services Available to Researchers

Services Available to Students

Services Available to Administrators

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