Section on Architectural Records
The Section on Architectural Records (SAR) has been created in 2000 in Sevilla during the International Congress of Archives.
The main objetive of SAR is to promote architectural records wolrdwilde.
Feature
Within the general objectives of ICA as set out in chapter III of the Constitution, the aims of SAR are:
- to encourage the identification and the preservation of architectural records in offices, in the hands of private individuals, and in local or national agencies, in order to render them accessible to the public and to researchers;
- to promote the knowledge and application of sound archival practice;
- to encourage the allocation of resources to architectural archives in areas of the world where specialized centers do not exist;
- to be a forum for all persons responsible for the care of architectural records;
- to represent the views and interests of architectural archives within the International Council on Archives;
- to maintain links and to develop joint projects with the international community of architectural museums in the field of education, exhibition, research and conservation.