n.records created and originally kept by an individual teaching or conducting research in higher educationFournier 1992, 59Faculty papers can help to fill in the gaps and give a different and vital perspective on important administrative developments. Yet this should not be the main reason for acquiring faculty papers. The primary value of these papers becomes evident when university archivists consider what they are trying to document-an institution whose nature is best understood through a study of its functions.Laver 2003, 161While faculty papers are subject to the same appraisal considerations as any collection, they present unique challenges. By their very nature, universities contain multiple disciplines, and acquiring and processing the papers of faculty members from those diverse disciplines require a degree of subject knowledge and technical expertise that archivists may not possess.Schmidt and Law 2009, 54The largest collection, at 96 cubic feet, representing 26.8 percent of the total volume of faculty papers held at the AU Archives, is that of former history professor Malcolm McMillan.
