UniArchives

Sustaining Knowledge

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Mission

The UniArchives is the central office for safeguarding, documenting and making accessible the cultural and scientific heritage of the University of Kassel. The UniArchives is a public archive according to the Hessian Archive Act, is professionally managed and regulated by statutes.

Sustainable

"Retaining knowledge" - the UniArchives stands for a sustainable approach to knowledge and history. To this end, the memory institution is committed to a transparent reappraisal of the past, the systematic preservation of evidence for future generations and the efficient use of knowledge resources. The sustainability goals of the United Nations (SDG) form the basis for the UniArchives actions.


Fair

Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable - transparency and participation are two guiding principles for the evaluation of documents and their utilization. The UniArchives measures include:

- Transmission on the basis of a documentation profile
- Easily accessible indexing
- Publication of finding aids and their linking to the Common Authority File (GND)

Relevant

"Yesterday for today and tomorrow" - the examination of social challenges is one of the hallmarks of the University of Kassel. To this end, the UniArchive is open to current research, debates and developments. These form the guidelines for archival preservation and knowledge transfer. The sources of the UniArchive have the potential to enrich diagnoses of the times and reveal new perspectives.

Contact us

UniArchives
Campus Library Holländischer Platz
Diagonale 10
34127 Kassel
Telephon: +49 561/804-3502

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Latest news

05.11.2025/Notifications

On 20.11.2025, the UniArchive is taking part in the event "Tidying up. A dialog with Kassel memory institutions on the cultural heritage of a generation".

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19.11.2025/ Notifications

The first founding president, Dr. Vera Rüdiger, passed away on November 12, 2025, at the age of 89. Sources on her work for the University of Kassel can be found in the UniArchive.

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