Office of Primary Responsibility
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
Office of Secondary Responsibility