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For your information. I m sure that this will be of interest to University and College Archivists. Forwarded with permission. Bryan Corbett University Archivist, University of Alberta, Book and Records Depository (BARD) 100, 8170-50th Street Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6B 1E6 Tel: (780) 466-6123 Fax: (780) 466-5210 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://WWW.UALBERTA.CA/ARCHIVES -----Original Message----- From: Garron Wells [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:10 AM To: Arcan-L Subject: Quebec Universities retention schedules - English version now available This message will be of particular interest to Universities and post-secondary academic institutions. Records retention schedules for Quebec academic institutions. Archivists Sub-committee, CREPUQ, February 2004 > MONTREAL, February 20, 2004 An award-winning guide to the > maintenance of university records, produced by the Conference of > Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities (CREPUQ), is now > available for the first time in English. > The Recueil des règles de conservation des documents des > établissements universitaires québécois, first published in 2002, is > now available under the title, Records Retention Schedules for Quebec > Academic Institutions. The guide was translated through the financial > assistance and collaboration of the Association of Universities and > Colleges of Canada. > While the guide was produced specifically for Quebec universities, > both AUCC and CREPUQ believe it will be equally of interest to > archivists and records managers at English-language universities > outside Quebec. The document includes 300 retention rules for records > falling under nine broad categories or fields of university management > and activities: administration, human resources, financial resources, > real property and moveable assets, student affairs, community > services, teaching, research and development, and information and > communications. > CREPUQ received the 2002-03 Organization Award from the Association > des archivistes du Québec for the Recueil and the major contribution > it has made to the development of archival sciences in Quebec, > elsewhere in Canada and around the world. > As a guide to the maintenance of university records, The Quebec > Schedules provides critical advice to institutions in a time of > increasingly complex and diverse record keeping requirements, says > Robert J. Giroux, president of AUCC. This collaboration between > CREPUQ and AUCC represents a significant step for university records > management. > Adds Jacques Bordeleau, director general of CREPUQ: We trust this > translation, like the original French-language Recueil, will be > recognized for its ground-breaking quality and originality. > The editors of the English translation are Johanne Pelletier, Director > and University Archivist, McGill University Archives; and Garron > Wells, University Archivist, University of Toronto Archives and > Records Management Services. The Quebec Schedules is available at > http://www.crepuq.qc.ca/documents/arch/Schedules/default.htm. -- Garron Wells, University Archivist University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services 120 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1A5 416-978-7656; fax 416-946-5343 [log in to unmask] www.library.utoronto.ca/utarms The way to unsubscribe from the list is as follows. Send a message to [log in to unmask] and in the message area, type unsubscribe arcan-l then send the message. PLEASE DO NOT SEND AN UNSUBSCRIBE MESSAGE ADDRESSED TO [log in to unmask]