With the in-depth reform of higher education, many local universities have proposed the establishment of archives based on document rooms for exploring the long-term development of the archival undertaking. However, most local universities have many problems in file managements, such as weak foundation, incomplete system and mechanism, weak management awareness, backward informatization, and so on. Based on the above situation, this paper takes a case study on Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture by combining the theoretical basis of functions, development target and ideas of university archives with practical implementation reasonably and prospectively, striving to build archives integrating information source center, information accessing service center, editorial and research development center, electronic file center, publicity and education center into one. This paper will discuss new innovative path to university archive establishment and management from the perspectives of concept, management mechanism, system management standardization, team talent establishment, information means, archive service and the like.