Educational Archives...Establishing Guidelines...

With the passing of educational administrators, teachers and former students associated with specific schools and tertiary educational institutions, information about those schools and tertiary institutions can become increasingly scarce. Educational admnistrators and educational archivists must develop policy guidelines and programs that can help to permanently capture information from these people. Researchers have recognised that these types of record can provide important insights into the development of social and cultural history at local, national and international levels. These records can also provide invaluable administrative information for succeeding educational institutions within a specific geographic region or particular educational sector.

Educational Archives - Establishing Guidelines...

Administrative changes, such as institutional amalgamations or the closure of departments or entire educational institutions, have a dramatic and irretrievable impact on the preservation of educational records. Without a sincere and dedicated commitment to the development of programs designed to facilitate the preservation of educational records, information about particular types of educational institutions will be lost.