Archives is a subcommittee of the Communications Committee.  Per the 2011 strategic plan, the archives subcommittee will execute Strategic Direction II: Archive of CS Data. It will establish procedures to collect and preserve the historical record of the CS-SIS.

The Archives Subcommittee is chaired by a member of the CS-SIS.

Led by its chair, the subcommittee:

• drafts an action plan to digitize and make archival material available to CS-SIS membership, using standard archival procedures:
• inventorying, organizing, identifying conservation/preservation issues, access etc.
• solicits members for documents created during CS-SIS activities and operations for deposit into an historical repository held by the CS-SIS
• executes the action plan

The chair:

• works with the chair of the Communications Committee and SIS webmaster to incorporate the CS-SIS archive into the SIS's website
  
• in consultation with the subcommittee, recommends to the Executive Board whether a Standing Committee should be created to support the ongoing strategic direction of collecting and preserving CS-SIS material
• reports briefly on the subcommittee's activities at the CS-SIS business meeting
• submits a written report to the CS-SIS Chair detailing the committee's activities according to the deadline set by the Chair each year; sends a copy of the report to the Secretary / Treasurer