SUV Projects

Ongoing projects

 The ICA-SUV Community-Coffee-Cultures Discussion Group 

The ICA-SUV Community-Coffee-Cultures Discussion Group meets regularly online and is a place where archivists and records professionals from all over the world can talk informally about a particular topic or issue.

The ICA-SUV archives

The ICA-SUV archives is an ongoing project with a goal to organise and maintain the archives of the section as our committment to good and responsible recordkeeping and our accountability to the society at large. We are still in the process of collecting records and filling in the gaps. If you have records of the section that you would like to share with us, please contact the ICA-SUV Bureau members who are working on this project: Brad Bauer (bdb3@nyu.edu) and Maryna Cherrnyavska (chernyav@ualberta.ca). 

Past Projects 

What Does Diversity Mean to You?

What Does Diversity Mean to You? was a PCOM funded project on diversity, equality, and inclusion, in which ICA-SUV hosted international conversations on the opportunities and challenges of these topics within the global archival field. We also developed online resources, such as the ICA-SUV LabDay Manual, that we hope are useful for continuing the conversations. We held our the 2024 conference on the theme, and the conference recordings are available online. Read more

30th Anniversary Commemorative E-Publication

As part of the celebration of the 30 th anniverary of our section we created an e-publication showcasing the institutional collections of our members which highlights significant material and emphasises the importance of archives to universities and research institutions. 

Ethics and Archives 

The International Council on Archives Section on University and Research Institution Archives (ICA-SUV) commissioned a three-month pilot project that was centered on Ethics and Archives, and took place from January-March 2022 (see announcement here). The project provided collegial conversation and discussion, followed by a digital resource made available via the ICA-SUV website. On the theme of ethics for archivists in university and research institutions, and building upon the vibrant conversation and successful 2021 ICA-SUV conference, “Archives, Ethics and Society”, the March 2022 conversations were held in both English and Spanish and centered on concepts, practices and the language we use within three themes: Archives, Ethics and Communities; Archives, Ethics and Civil Society; and Archives and Ethics in Practice. Rosa Cisneros lead the discussions. ICA-SUV would like to acknowledge the funding support from the ICA Programme Commission for this project. 

The Ethical Archives project report provides details on the work of the project and also frames the ideas that emerged from the four LabDays that took place throughout March 2022. The LabDays had a global reach where the English LabDays had presentations from colleagues from India, South Africa, and Scotland and participants joined from the UK, the USA,  Spain, Germany, Jerusalem, India, Nigeria, Canada, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Portugal, Cyprus and Greece. For the Spanish LabDay there were presentations from Colombia, Spain, Argentina and participants from Jerusalem, the UK, Portugal,  South Africa, Argentina, Spain and Colombia were in the audience. Links to recorded conversations, details on responses from Padlets and also the feedback from participants are included in this document.  

Who’s Who in Archives Globally

Who’s Who in Archives Globally provides short biographies of individuals who have substantially advanced the archival field in theoretical and practical ways across the globe. These biographies include a short list of primary and/or secondary literature for each practitioner should you want to learn more about them.