Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 2020-03-15 to 2021 (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
ca. 70 GB multiple media
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
BCIT Archives exists to acquire, preserve, organize and provide access to the materials that uphold the legal and historical record of BCIT and the BCIT community. The need for establishing an Archives at BCIT was acknowledged and argued for by Library and Records Management staff starting in 2002. The BCIT Archives was first professionally staffed in 2005.
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
BCIT Archivist started collecting BCIT websites specifically relevant to COVID-19 March 15, 2020. This started as BCIT's Breaking News website. By March 31st 2020 there was a dedicated BCIT COVID-19 website. Communication from BCIT to the BCIT community happened on this website and through YouTube videos. The BCIT COVID-19 website was deemed no longer necessary and taken down May 31, 2022. Starting June 1, 2022 all communicable disease information for the BCIT community would be communicated through the BCIT Safety, Security, and Emergency Management website.
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WARC
Finding aids
Please visit the BCIT Archives' Archive-It site. Series can be viewed and keyword searched at: https://archive-it.org/organizations/1241
Specific URLs that are relevant, include, but are not limited to:
COVID-19 site https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-1241/*/https://www.bcit.ca/covid-19/
BCIT Breaking News https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-1241/*/https://www.bcit.ca/breaking-news/
https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-1241/*/https://www.bcit.ca/breakingnews/
COVID-19 Milestones https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-1241/20210325161501/https://www.bcit.ca/covid-19/milestones/
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C. McLellan, created 2021-10-15
C. McLellan, updated 2022-05-17