The DCA is the steward of the University's permanently valuable records and collections created in any format, ensuring their permanent preservation and accessibility.

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Mission

The Digital Collections and Archives (DCA) is the steward of the University's permanently valuable records and collections created in any format, ensuring their permanent preservation and accessibility. The DCA assists departments, faculty, and staff in managing both permanent and non-permanent records. The DCA collaborates with members of the Tufts community and others to develop tools to access and manipulate the collection content for research, curricular, administrative, and legal needs.

Values
These values motivate and inform our decisions regarding collections, services and staff:

  • We are a user-centered service organization, and exist because of the needs of our users;
  • Our records and collections have cultural as well as academic, administrative, and legal value;
  • Records and collections only have value if they are reliable, trustworthy, and accessible;
  • The content of material is often, but not always, more important than the format in which it was originally created;
  • Collaboration with other interested groups and organizations is an effective means to achieve a sum greater than individual parts;
  • Staff should be trained in ways appropriate to their positions and job tasks and have the tools, equipment, and time needed to complete their projects and achieve their goals;
  • Staff are supported and urged to participate in regional and national professional organizations related to their work.

Mandate

The DCA's mandate is contained in the University Records Policy approved on February 22, 2007, which supersedes the Records Authority Statement approved by the Board of Trustees on February 9, 2001.