Professional & Scientific Council Collection
Scope and Contents
The P&S Council records consist of administrative records produced by the council and date from 1978 to the present. Meeting minutes detail elections, committee work, reports, attendees, HRS updates, and invited guest speakers. Also included are various files concerning policies related to Professional & Scientific employees, such as surveys, handbooks, compensation information, and the group’s constitution and bylaws. The Salary and Fringe Benefits Committee series includes materials created by that committee and consists of reports, surveys, agendas, and more. The collection also contains Professional & Scientific Council web content captured using the web archiving tool, Archive-It.
Dates
- Creation: 1978 - ongoing
General Use, Reproduction, and Copyright Policies
Many items housed in the Rod Library Special Collections & University Archives, including unpublished images and manuscripts, may be protected by copyright, publication rights, trademarks, or model release rights which the library does not own and for which the library cannot grant permission or licensing. Materials currently under copyright are usually still available for research and limited reproduction under Fair Use laws. However, it is the sole responsibility of the patron to determine whether or not their use of a given material falls within Fair Use guidelines and to obtain permission for said use from the rightful copyright owner.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy or similar laws, and the Iowa Open Records Law (see Iowa Code § 22.7). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Northern Iowa assumes no responsibility.
Biographical / Historical
The Professional & Scientific (P&S) Council was established at the University of Northern Iowa in 1978 to study and recommend policies concerning Professional & Scientific staff to UNI administrators. The council consists of elected representatives from across the university and meets regularly.
Full Extent
1.88 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Salary and Fringe Benefits Committee records were transferred to University Archives by Nathan Arndt, P&S Council President, January 2026.
Processing Information
Collection processed and finding aid written by University Archivist Tessa Wakefield, February 2026.
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- Professional and Scientific Council Collection
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