The Austin Community College District (ACC) Institutional Archives serves as the collective memory of our institution.  Our mission is to identify, preserve, and provide access to the records and stories that define ACC’s history—from its founding in 1973 to its current role as a cornerstone of Central Texas education.  By bridging the gap between our past and our future, the Archives provide a vital resource for researchers, students, and faculty.  We are dedicated to ensuring that the legacy of our Riverbats remains accessible for generations to come.

Austin Community College's (ACC) Institutional Archives was established in 2023 as part of the Records and Information Management department, initiated and launched under the leadership of the Records and Information Management Officer.  In an ongoing mission to maintain vital records for the institution, the Archives was created to ensure that the historical records were maintained as well as collecting current voices of students, faculty, staff, and the administration to preserve for future generations.  The Archives preserve key records such as, but not limited to:

- Board of Trustees meeting minutes (calendar years 1973 to 1995)
- Course catalogs (1973-1974 to 2002-2003)
- Academic calendars (1973-1974 to 2005-2006)

The institutional archives also maintains:

- Photographs
- Newsletters and bulletins (student, faculty/staff, departmental)
- Audio-visual (VHS, cassette tape, MiniDV, digital media)
- Born-digital collections

In an effort to make these items available to the public, this site was created to house many of these collections that have been digitized.

## Useful Links

[How to search for digital assets in Preservica](https://archive.austincc.edu/searching-in-preservica/)

[ACC Institutional Archive Donation Guidelines](https://archive.austincc.edu/guidelines-for-transferring-records-to-acc-archives/)

#### AI use in ACC's Archive

ACC's Institutional Archives may use AI (artificial intelligence) tools in the creation of its digital media.  Such use includes, but is not limited to, performing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on digitized media and generating metadata.

Our Mission

Austin Community College Institutional Archives

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