Identity area
Type of entity
Government
Authorized form of name
British Columbia Archives and Records Service
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- BCARS
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1989-1998
History
On March 1, 1989, the Provincial Archives of British Columbia was merged with the Records Management Branch of the government of British Columbia to form the British Columbia Archives and Records Service (BCARS). In 1996, BCARS was united with the Information and Privacy Branch of government. The resulting organization was called the BC Information Management Services (BCIMS). This was divided into two sections with Information and Analysis Services providing for records management and information and privacy and Archives and Information Access branch representing the traditional archives as it existed before its merger with the records management branch in 1988. This administrative structure lasted for two years until 1998, when the Information and Privacy Branch was removed and the remaining portions were renamed the British Columbia Archives. This structure existed unchanged until 2003 when the British Columbia Archives was merged with the Royal British Columbia Museum as a branch of the Royal British Columbia Museum Crown Trust and the Records Management branch remained with government.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
C Government name
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
is the predecessor of
British Columbia Archives and Records Service
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
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Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
is the predecessor of
British Columbia Archives and Records Service
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Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised PW/KH 2017-03-17
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Sources
Legislative Library of British Columbia