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The Historical Archive responds to requests from both researchers and the broader public, offering professional guidance in the scientific or practical study of the documentary collection preserved in its repositories.

Activities:

• Researching the documentary collection and disseminating the results of this research through studies and volumes intended for both the academic community and the broader public.
• Specialized consulting and assistance for the public interested in the history of Babeș-Bolyai University (students, researchers, etc.).
• Completion of the university’s documentary heritage by managing donations made by former members of the teaching staff.
• The digitization of the documentary collection aims to facilitate access to authentic information about the past of Babeș-Bolyai University, while also enhancing our institution’s online presence.
• Outreach activities to promote the cultural and research projects carried out by our department’s staff.
• Cooperation with other universities or higher education and research institutions that hold archival collections of historical significance.

The specialists of the Historical Archive offer advice to the public interested in university history and provide specialized support to document creators within the university.

The Babeș-Bolyai University Archives, in cooperation with the Volunteer Office, launched the Volunteer at the BBU Archive program on March 1, 2022. This program aims to support students from the Faculty of History and Philosophy by providing them with a framework for undertaking activities specific to their field of study and to acquire skills that will be useful in their training as historians or archivists. The mentors and students participating in this program are motivated by their passion for the past and its testimonies preserved on paper.

Our aim is to supplement the theoretical knowledge acquired by students through attending courses at the Faculty of History with practical experience, which, in our opinion, is the ideal method for training specialists.

Students’ participation in this volunteer program undoubtedly contributes to their personal development, making it a valuable asset to themselves and their future. Our role as mentors, coordinating their activities, is essential. Firstly, through individual counseling, we can support them in acquiring the necessary skills for the archivist profession. Secondly, by providing them with an environment conducive to learning, we encourage them to interact with one another and acquire the skills necessary for effective teamwork.

The certificates received at the end of the volunteer internship, issued by the BBU Volunteer Office, have proven to be of real use to graduates of the Faculty of History and Philosophy, enabling them to apply for positions in the respective field, subject to experience.

Specialized internship

• The Babeș-Bolyai University Archive supports the professional internship program for students in the Archival Studies and History departments of the Faculty of History and Philosophy at Babeș-Bolyai University.
• The professional internships of students in the two specializations strengthen the cooperation between the Faculty of History and our Service. In this way, the University Archive has been assigned another mission, that of a school workshop for future archivists and historians.
• Our aim is to supplement the theoretical knowledge acquired by students through their courses at the Faculty of History and Philosophy with practical experience, and to familiarize them with historical sources and scientific research methods.
• The members of the BBU Archive team, appointed to coordinate this activity, guide students from both specializations in carrying out activities specific to archiving – organizing and inventorying documents in the archive fonds – through which they acquire a range of skills necessary for their training as specialists.
• The specialized internship at the Babeș-Bolyai University Archive has revealed our university’s history to students, allowing some of them to choose sections of the past of this prestigious higher education institution in Cluj as topics for their bachelor’s or master’s theses.