Los archivos universitarios españoles : una propuesta de reglamento para los centros privados

At the present time, there are 72 Spanish universities, 50 of them are Public Universities and 22 Private Universities, however, just 46 of them have organized archives, 40 correspond to Public centers and just 6 of them to private universities. This difference shows the special necessity, for the conservation of the documentary patrimony of the Spanish universities, of the organization of new Archive services, especially in the private universities. After a brief introduction on the evolution of the university Archives in Spain, and the general analysis of their organization, made fundamentally around the conclusions of the diverse Conferences and Work Groups organized in the last years by the Confederation of University Archives of Spain (CAU), this article displays the main aspects to consider for the creation of new university Archives, presenting a proposal of Standard Rules for the University Archives, which can serve as reference, specially for the private universitie