Bornova Municipality Archives Directorate was established in accordance with Article 48 of Law No. 5393 on Municipalities and the principles of the Regulation on Municipalities, Affiliated Institutions, and Local Government Unions. This regulation was approved by the Bornova Municipal Council on 03.01.2018 with the Council Decision No. 3. The authorities, duties, and responsibilities of the unit are specified below:

• To follow the legislation on archiving and its amendments and ensure their adaptation within the institution.

• To coordinate the organization of unit archives for archival materials to be retained by directorates for a specified period and provide informative training when needed.

• To monitor and control the transfer of documents from unit archives to the institutional archive.

• To establish and manage the institutional archive in compliance with standards.

• To carry out repair, restoration, and binding activities for institutional archival materials, when necessary.

• To monitor the business processes in the units and identify new document inventories and SDP (Standard File Plans).

• To conduct Electronic Archive operations.

• To provide Electronic Archive user training for units.

• To form a commission for the weeding (disposal) of materials transferred to the institutional archive and execute the destruction procedures.

• To classify and make available the remaining materials for preservation in the institutional archive in accordance with legislation after the weeding and destruction processes.

• To develop projects for the standardization of documents produced and techniques applied within Bornova Municipality.