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  • The Office ID is used in signing authorities, disposition authorization forms, and other documents produced in the course of records management activities. 

  • The Office ID is used to support the transfer of electronic records to the University Archives. 

  • The Office ID is used as the Producer Source ID, which helps identify the origin of SIPs sent to the Archives. 

Conventions for creating Office IDs

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  1. Identifiers follow the rules prescribed in the International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organizations (ISO 15511).

    1. Alphanumeric code with a maximum of 16 characters

    2. Valid symbols are A-Z, 0-9, solidus, hyphen-minus, and colon

  2. The first sub-unit of the identifier is the two-digit country code (ISO 3166-1) for Canada, followed by a hyphen.

  3. The second sub-unit of the identifier is the Canadian Library Symbol for the Killam Memorial Library (NSHD), followed by a solidus.

  4. The third sub-unit of the identifier is a two-digit code to uniquely identify each faculty or high-level unit, followed by a hyphen. Refer to the list of approved two-digit codes.

  5. The fourth sub-unit of the identifier is a two-digit code to uniquely identify each department or business area within the faculty or unit.

Two-digit codes for faculties or high-level units

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Name of faculty of unitCode
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
College of Continuing Education
Faculty of Computer Science
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Faculty of Health
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Management
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Science


Example Office IDs

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The following table provides some sample Office IDs

Full name of department or unitOffice IDNotes






Related terms

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Archival authority record

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