SFU's smooth implementation of the Act is the result of careful planning. The recently-expanded group now includes twelve members representing various administrative and academic interests. In addition, several policies were put in place in order to meet the proclamation deadline. This month we feature a special article on the archival side of Information Management. In the future, we will provide more information on what we keep in the archives.
Archivists have to decide what happens to records that are no longer useful to the creating office.
This process is called appraisal. In fact, archivists consider a whole range of residual values when determining which materials should be designated for permanent retention. For instance, the minutes of Senate and BOG, and architectural and engineering drawings of SFU's buildings would be in this group of records. The Information Management Bulletin is published every month during the academic year by the Simon Fraser University Archives. We welcome your comments and suggestions for future articles.