Introduction

• This section of the Archives Procedure Manual provides guidance on the storage, maintenance, and retrieval of Archival Information Packages (AIPs). 
  
  
• Guidance is intended to support compliance with the Open Archival Information System (OAIS). The manual addresses physical archives, digital archives, and "hybrid" archival fonds that include physical and digital archives.
  
  
• Archives staff generate AIPs during the Ingest phase. This includes a wide variety of processes, such as reboxing and refoldering textual records, creating forensic disk images of digital storage devices, and receiving network transfers of digital records.
  
  
• Archives staff manage the Libraries' physical archival storage areas and provide AIPs to Access Services upon request. 
• The Libraries' digital archival storage areas is managed by the University Archives in collaboration with Academic Technology Services, Information Technology Services, and external service providers. 

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