Record transfers

For legal and historical reasons, all service documents that are ready for archiving and worthy of archiving must be offered to the University Archives of the TU Dresden for acquisition.

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Overview of important topics

What is worth keeping archive material?

Worth keeping are all written lore in analog or digital form, which are no longer required for the current service, but which must be kept permanently for legal, historical, scientific, economic or political reasons, must be archived.

Foto von alten Dokumenten im Universitätsarchiv

Archive as memory repository

The University Archive is the central repository of authentic information from the history of TU Dresden. It takes over, secures and makes accessible analog and digital primary sources from administration, teaching and research. It works in accordance with the law and on the basis of archival science.

Das Foto zeigt eine grüne Kreidetafel mit vielen weißen Fragezeichen. Davor ist der Kopf einer Person zu sehen. Dieser beginnt am unteren Bildrand mit der Nase. Der Mund, wie auch der restliche Körper sind nicht abgebildet.

Official records and archiving

The University Archives as a central institution is responsible for the overall archiving process of the University. The archive is integrated into the information infrastructure of the university, supports teaching and research as well as administration and performs public relations work. Official records and archival materials are the property of the registrar (the TUD).

Archiving

The archive is obliged by law to document the relevant administrative actions of the TU Dresden in their historical dimension in a comprehensible way. It thus contributes to legal certainty. At the same time, it is responsible for the evaluation and safeguarding of historical records for teaching and research in a national and international context. The University Archive is a public archive and can be visited personally in accordance with the user regulations and in compliance with data protection.
Hundreds of scientists, students and journalists from Germany and abroad use the archive's holdings every year for a wide range of questions on the history of science and its representatives at the university and its associated institutions.
With its large holdings of personal records, the archive makes a decisive contribution to legal security. These records are indispensable for the persons concerned, for example, for their further career or for account clarification with the pension insurance institution.

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