Section on University and Research Institution Archives – SUV

ICA-SUV, the Section on University and Research Institution Archives, is a section of the ICA and was founded in 1992 at the ICA Congress in Montreal. ICA-SUV is open to current and former archivists working in universities, colleges, academies of science and letters, learned societies and research institutions. The section’s business is conducted by a Section Bureau committee consisting of twelve members including the Section’s Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and up to twelve regular members. All are elected from the members of the Section for four-year staggered terms, with elections being held every second year.

Goals

The goals of SUV, within the general objectives of ICA as set out in chapter III of the Constitution, are:

  • to promote professional and scholarly co-operation and communication between archives and archivists of universities, colleges, academies of science and letters, learned societies and research institutions,
  • to gather, disseminate and exchange information relating to the creation and administration of such archives,
  • to assist the development and strengthening of such archives through symposia, publications and the exchange of information.
  • to cooperate with other bodies of the ICA.