The purpose of this policy is to establish Vancouver Community College (VCC; the College) Archives as the official repository of the College's permanent records and to gather selected administrative files, photographs, audiovisual materials, papers, student projects, theses & dissertations, and other non-official records that document aspects of college life and history.

The functions of the Archives are:

• to identify, select and preserve historical, institutional and administrative documentation, and scholarly and creative works created by the VCC community;
• to provide archive assistance to researchers; and
• to facilitate knowledge sharing and community engagement.