tive units or institutions that have as 
their core mandate the preservation of the bodies of records created by persons, administrative 
units or organizations external to them, selected for permanent preservation under their 
jurisdiction for reasons of legal, administrative or historical accountability. They are therefore 
intended for administrative units (e.g., a bank, a city or a university archives) or institutions (e.g., 
a community archives or a state archives) with effective knowledge of records 