Spotlight
June 19, 2020 -
In Memory of Gene Rickansrud and Ron Jamtgaard
 
Original SLAC staff members, Gene Rickansrud and Ron Jamtgaard, have recently passed away. They both served in the Business Services Division.
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Welcome!
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is one of the world's
leading research laboratories. Established in 1962 at Stanford
University in Menlo Park, California, as a particle physics research center, SLAC
is now a multipurpose laboratory for astrophysics, photon science, accelerator
and particle physics research.
SLAC's Archives, History & Records Office (AHRO) is a coordinate archive to the
Stanford University Archives. As such, it ensures that the Laboratory's
history is identified, collected, preserved and made accessible to the
SLAC and Stanford communities, to researchers and to the public. The Office's Records
Management (RM) function preserves, schedules and disposes of temporary records, regardless of
format, created in the course of doing business at SLAC. RM is responsible for appropriate
handling and retention of inactive temporary retention records that must be retained for
specified lengths of time for financial, legal, epidemiological or medical reasons, according
to disposition schedules jointly agreed upon by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Founded in 1989, the AHRO has primary responsibility for the Laboratory's
documentary heritage, but relies on the community to help
it in this endeavor.
The SLAC Archives, History & Records Office has the following responsibilities:
- Serves as a repository for documentation of the Laboratory's
organizational and scientific history;
- Evaluates, selects, and preserves specific materials
of archival significance created by Stanford University entities
operating on the SLAC campus;
- Ensures compliance with relevant state and federal laws
and with DOE records management policies and procedures;
- Acts as laboratory liaison to the NARA FRC and provides temporary records services,
including appraisal, retirement and retrieval services;
- Promotes knowledge of the Laboratory's unique history and important
scientific and technical accomplishments;
- Assists in the use of its collections by members of
the Laboratory and University communities, visiting scholars,
and the public.
- Adheres to the International Council on Archives (ICA)
Principles of Access to Archives and to the Society of American
Archivists (SAA) Core Values and Code of Ethics
Please note: Only a very small fraction of our collections are digitized or available online. Please contact the Archives
if you are unable to find what you need on the Archives website. Researchers are encouraged to consult with the Archivist, who can assist you.
Glossary of AHRO Terminology:
| RECORDS MANAGEMENT | advises offices in the creation, use, maintenance, and disposition of records, regardless of format |
| ARCHIVES | appraises, collects, organizes, preserves, and provides access to noncurrent records with permanent value |
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| Record | recorded information, in any format, that provides evidence of an organization's activities & decisions |
| Temporary Record | record approved for disposal after a specified period or event |
| Permanent Record | record to be maintained permanently in the archives after no longer needed for current business (inactive) |
| Inactive Record | no longer needed to conduct current business on regular basis, but may be required for other reasons, or may be
scheduled for permanent retention (archived) |
| Non-Record | ex. convenience copies or personal documents |
| Appraisal | identifying records and determining their value in order to establish retention periods |
| Disposition | action taken based on appraisal, e.g. transfer to a records center; destruction; or archiving |
| Schedule | v. establish retention period for current records and provide for their disposition
n. comprehensive listing and description of records showing approved retention and disposition actions |
| Retirement | the process of transferring records from active files to inactive storage. |
| FRC | Federal Records Center. Location where inactive temporary records are stored. |
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| Document Control | [A separate function that is operational (change/version control)] |
Further information about our activities and workflows is on our About Us page
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