Yolo County Archives, founded in 1985, is the official repository for Yolo County records. Its permanent collection pertains to the history of Yolo County from approximately 1850 to the present. The collection contains records from various Yolo County agencies/departments as well as family collections from community members and local businesses. The materials include maps, blueprints, photographs, bound volumes, manuscripts, newspapers, yearbooks, and secondary sources in the form of published books and articles.
The mission of the Yolo County Archives (hereafter referred to as the Archives) is to collect, organize, preserve, and make available Yolo County records of enduring historical value for research, instructional, educational, or administrative use.
The goals of the Archives are to:
1. Preserve and promote community memory by identifying, collecting, storing, organizing, describing, preserving, and providing access to records of historical, legal, fiscal, educational and administrative value to the governing bodies of Yolo County and the community at large.
2. Provide adequate facilities for the responsible retention and preservation of archival materials in accordance with the accepted archival standards and practices of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
3. Provide expert research assistance to Yolo County government entities, nonprofit organizations, community members, and researchers while promoting the use and appreciation of the Yolo County Archives through education, outreach, and publication.
4. Improve access to archival materials through the continued development and digitization of finding aids and collection items.
5. Collaborate with local, statewide, and federal historical agencies to network, share resources, define collection and programming strengths, and to promote and develop the County’s archival collections.
6. Support local ethnic communities in their work to identify, preserve, and promote their unique cultural histories and identities.
This Request for Review and Approval for a standard Collection Management Policy has been prepared after careful examination of all policies with regard to operating, administrative, legal, fiscal, research, historical or archive value, as well as to application of appropriate county, state and federal rules, ordinances, regulations and/or statutes governing collection management for County Archives. The approval of this Collection Management Policy will help the Yolo County Archives provide industry-standard policies and practices for the acquisition, deaccession, care, preservation, reference, use, and loan of items in the collection and to be in compliance with countywide standards and policies and conformance with accepted collection management practices. |