About Us
The Records and Archives Office is responsible for:
- The development and maintenance of the UNSW Recordkeeping Program, including the development, monitoring and review of policies, procedures and guidelines
- The provision of advice, support and training in recordkeeping to the university community
- Administration of UNSW's TRIM recordkeeping system
- The provision of a central recordkeeping facility for the central university administration
- Support for faculties, schools and units that use TRIM as the basis of their own recordkeeping systems
- Monitoring and reporting on recordkeeping throughout UNSW
- Ensuring the legal disposal of State records in the custody of UNSW
- The management of and provision of access to State archives in accordance with the requirements of State Records NSW
- The management of a program for collecting, managing and providing access to private records relating to UNSW
- The conduct of an oral history program to document aspects of the history of the UNSW
The Records and Archives Office is part of the Legal and Compliance Unit in the University's Operations Division.
It was established in 2006 by the amalgamation of the University Archives with the Records Administration Section.