Definition

the university office considered primarily responsible for the maintenance of the official university record.

Source: Dalhousie Records Management Glossary.

Introduction

OPR is an acronynm used to describe Dalhousie offices that are responsible for the management and disposition of records identified in DalCLASS.

Archival authority records for OPRs

The University Archives creates and maintains archival authority records for all OPRs. Authority records are maintained in the Archives Catalogue.

Office IDs for OPRs

The University Archives assigns a unique and persistent Office ID to each OPR and maintains the ID in the archival authority record (ISAAR 5.1.6 Identifiers for corporate bodies).

Related terms

Access point

Archival authority record

DalCLASS

Office ID

Office of Secondary Responsibility

Producer

Producer Source ID