Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Instructional Media Centre (IMC) during the period in which IMC reported to the VP Academic (1973-1985; 1990- ). Note that the department was called the Audio Visual Centre until 1981, and in 2002 it merged with the Centre for University Teaching to become the Learning and Instructional Development Centre (LIDC). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the establishment of the Audio Visual Centre as department administratively independent of the Library (1973); policy development, including the audio-visual equipment policy; provision of audio-visual support services to faculties and departments, and costs and charges; administrative organization and staff relations; administration of Images Theatre; and the activities of the Audio-Visual Committee (1972) and the Instructional Media Centre Advisory Committee (1982-1983). Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports and statistics, policies, drafts and working papers.

Sub-series consists of the Associate Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Instructional Media Centre (IMC) during the period in which it reported to the AVP Academic (1990-1994). After 1994, IMC shifted its reporting relationship from the AVP to the VP Academic (1994-2001). but returned in 2001 as part of the newly restructured Learning and Instructional Development Centre (LIDC). Activities documented in the correspondence include departmental budget and organizational planning, and development of services. Records consists predominantly of correspondence, with some reports.

Sub-series consists of films and videos created by or relating to the Faculty of Education. Includes a 1972 documentary on school-community interaction at Kitkatla (Gitxaala Nation) (item 1); Brent Reid's 1981 "SFU's Professional Development Program" (item 2); a 1998 discussion with faculty members John Ellis, Selma Wasserman, and Glenn Kirchner (item 3); a series of film and video works on physical education teaching directed by Glenn Kirchner (items 4-17); materials produced by Kirchner in collaboration with Brown & Benchmark Publishers for inservice programs for elementary school teachers (items 18-21); a 1981 production by BC's Provincial Educational Media Centre (item 22); and raw footage of a 1991 physical education class (items 23-30). Many of the pieces were produced with the assistance of SFU's Learning and Instructional Development Centre (LIDC) and its predecessors; contributions from Faculty and LIDC staff are noted in the item descriptions where known.