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The NCI Archive serves as the institutional memory of the College and plays an integral role in the management of the institution's information resources. The Archive takes its mission from the mission of the College:

  • by preserving essential evidence of the institution;
  • by providing information that promotes the mission of the institution internally and to the extended community;
  • by supporting the research of the faculty, students, and other scholars through access to information; and
  • by promoting further understanding through discovery and dissemination of knowledge.
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