GL3500: Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums – Archives, Museums and Special Collections Management

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Schedule Number

GL3500

Primary Title

Archives, Museums and Special Collections Management

Office of Primary Responsibility

UBCV: Beatty Biodiversity Museum; Digital Initiatives; Indian Residential School Dialogue Centre; MOA Library and Archives; Pacific Museum of Earth; Rare Books and Special Collections; University Archives; Other Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums located on UBCV Campus that are managed by UBCV 

UBCO: UBCO Library; Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Description

Records supporting the activities of archives, museums and special collections at the university including prospective donor files, related correspondence, reference and research material, acquisitions and collections management. Also includes education programs and other forms of outreach including exhibitions; talks, and presentations.

  • For gift-in-kind management see UD7600: University Development – Donor and Alumni Engagement – Gifts and Estates
  • For conservation and digital preservation see GL3600: Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums – Conservation and Preservation Management 

Vital: Yes

PIB: No

Authority:

BoG Policy GA5: University Archives - Vancouver

BoG Policy UP11: Deaccessioning Policy 

University Act [RSBC] Chapter 468

Date Approved: 20220729

Retention Schedule Secondaries

Secondary No. Secondary Title, Scope & Content Retention, Destruction & Disposition

01  

Policies and Procedures  

EV+5Y, FR    

EV=Date superseded or obsolete   

FR=UA will fully retain records from this series 

05  

General    

EV+5Y, D  

EV=Date superseded or obsolete   

10  

Collections Management 

Includes acquisitions.

EV+5, SR 

EV=Date collection is deaccessioned 

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

15 

Education and Outreach 

CY+10, SR  

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

17 

Exhibition Management 

CY+10, SR  

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

20 

Committees 

CY+5Y, SR 

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

45 

Issues 

CY+5Y, D

60

Reports 

CY+5Y, SR 

SR=UA will selectively retain records from this series 

Acronym Key: AY = Academic Year; CY = Calendar Year; D = Destroy; EV = Event; FY = Fiscal Year; FR = Full Retention by University Archives unless otherwise noted; OPR = Office or Department responsible for source of truth records; SO = when superseded or obsolete; SR = Selective Retention by University Archives; UA = University Archives; Y = Year