Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Physical Plant and Planning (renamed Facilities Management in 1988). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the department and external reviews in 1975 and 1985; maintenance, expansion, renovation, and construction of campus buildings and roads; and space allocation planning. Records include correspondence, reports, architectural plans and drawings, engineering studies, proposals, cost estimates, space usage studies, and brochures and other printed material.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Dean of Student Affairs (1969-1970) and the Vice-President, University Services (1970-1978). With the resignation of the VP University Services in 1977, most of the functions of this office were transferred to the Director of Student Services (see sub-series 3). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the VP University Services portfolio, budget planning and allocation, day care, student housing and residence, and the cooperative education program. Records consists predominantly of correspondence.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's involvement with the Board of Governors and various Board committees. It is not always possible to determine whether the records represent the VP Academic's working file as a committee member or rather correspondence between the VP Academic and the committee. For a general description of record types, see the description for the series of committee records and correspondence as a whole (series F-200-8).

Sub-sub-series consists of correspondence reflecting the personal and professional interests of the Vice-President, Academic as opposed to business correspondence arising from the duties of the office. The series begins with correspondence of the first acting Vice-Presidents (R.R. Haering and L. Srivastava), but primarily covers the tenure of Brian G. Wilson and includes his correspondence with colleagues, students, and professional bodies, and relating to his academic interests in astronomy. Records consists of correspondence and some essays and papers. After 1977, the file classification plan did not distinguish between "general" and "personal" correspondence; for the personal correspondence of Wilson's successor, see series F-200-2-1-1 "Vice-President, Academic - general."

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the University Library and the University Bookstore (which reported to Library until 2000) during the periods in which the Library reported to the Vice-President, Academic (1970-1985, 1990-1994). Activities and topics documented include policy development; evolution of the Library's administrative structure; meetings of the Library Management Group (after 1992); external reviews, including a departmental review (1973-1974), review by the President's Advisory Committee on the Library (1984), and the Library Review Committee (1991-1992); library budget and funding; acquisitions and collections policy; cooperation with other libraries, including the "college processing" project of the early 1970s; IT systems planning and implementation; and management, operations, and finances of the Bookstore. Records include correspondence, reports, budgets, meeting minutes of the Library Management Group (LMG), legal advice, inventories, and Bookstore financial and operating statements.

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the University Librarian during the periods when the Library reported to the VP Academic or Associate VP Academic (1970-1985; 1990-1994). Activities and topics documented include policy development; evolution of the administrative structure, including the Library's development plan (1970) and re-organization of library management (1985); meetings of the Library Management Group (after 1992); external reviews, including a departmental review (1973-1974), review by the President's Advisory Committee on the Library (1984), and the Library Review Committee (1991-1992); library budget and funding; acquisitions and collections policy, including a survey of holdings for the Fine and Performing Arts (1981) and a questionnaire study (1982); cooperation with other libraries, including the "college processing" project of the early 1970s; and information technology systems planning and implementation. Records include correspondence, reports, budgets, meeting minutes of the Library Management Group (LMG), legal advice, and inventories.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies and its departments. The Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies was established in 1970. It was dissolved in 1985 and its departments were redistributed to the Faculty of Arts and the newly created Faculty of Applied Sciences. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Vice-President, Administration. Activities and topics documented include the organization of university administration, development and implementation of administrative and personnel policies and procedures, relations with campus employee unions, personnel issues including the modified work week, operations of the Diamond University Club, Naheeno Park (park land on Burnaby Mountain), and external reviews of administrative departments. Records include correspondence, reports, policies, drafts and working papers.