Organization
BCIT Archives
Address
3700 Willingdon Avenue
SE14 Rm 142
Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Canada
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Supervising Librarian/Archivist
Name: Cindy McLellan
Email: cmclellan13@bcit.ca
Purpose of the project:
Appraisal of BCIT Campus Planning and Facilities records. Part of a larger records management project, the student would have the opportunity to recommend destruction or retention for ~150 boxes of records and possibly extrapolate process for the ~400 more still in offsite storage.
Summary of activities required to carry out the project:
Making decisions using the BCIT Records Management retention schedule, looking at the records to decide if they have been classified properly, and recommending how to proceed in a report. Some lifting of boxes will be required. This is an onsite project. There may a couple of days of work from home near the end of the project.
If time allows some rehousing, arrangement and description of records of long term value from the project.
Expectations of the end result of the project, for both host and student:
The student will gain valuable RM/Archives experience in a real world setting.
The host will have a better understanding of the BCIT Campus Planning and Facilities records currently stored offsite and marked as Archives.
Time periods in which the project could be supervised:
- Winter Term 1 (September – December)
- Summer Session, Term 1 (May – June)
Is there a deadline by which the project must be completed?
No deadline.
Considering the project requirements, please suggest suitable coursework as pre-requisite or co-requisite:
Co-requisites:
- ARST 520 Selection and Acquisition of Archival Documents
- ARST 545 Advanced Arrangement and Description of Archival Documents
Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.