Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1987-2013 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
5 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Public Relations Service was established in 1986 to co-ordinate existing information and publications activities and strengthen the internal and external relations of the University. It brought together the existing offices of Information, Alumni Relations and Publications. In 1994, it was replaced by the External Affairs and Development Office.
Name of creator
Administrative history
External Affairs and Development was created in 1994. It replaced the Public Relations Service and the Development Office. In 2004, it was replaced by the Office of Marketing and Communications.
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Communications Office was created in 2004. In 2010, it was renamed Media and Corporate Communications.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Newsletter for University of Strathclyde staff. Up until November 2011, it was published monthly. After a year's hiatus, Prism was then relaunched as a thrice-yearly publication, with the first of the new issues appearing in Winter 2012-13.
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Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Prism replaced Stop Press [ref: GB 249 OS/82/1].
Court, Senate and University Management Group reports and occasional papers published in Prism, 1987-1990 [ref: GB 249 OS/83/2].