ASA’s Board of Directors sent a letter to Hon Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture regarding the elimination of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program.
In this workshop we will make custom archival enclosures for materials in your collection.
Past Workshop: This workshop equips those working in archives with skills to implement systems and tools to digitize and manage three of the most common carrier types: audio-cassettes, VHS tapes, and optical discs.
In this workshop, learn how to prepare CSV sheets for your institution’s archival descriptions and authority records, whether you are exporting from an AtoM database or looking to map fields from your own database.
This one-day workshop provides an overview of how copyright law works and presents the copyright provisions (including relevant case law) that determine duration and ownership of copyright and the respective rights of copyright owners and users of copyrighted material (including fair dealing and the exceptions for libraries, archives, and museums).
This workshop discusses how to identify photographic processes as well as the structure, composition and format of a broad range of photographic materials. Agents of deterioration and mechanisms of deterioration are covered, as are proper storage and handling techniques for photograph collections. Ways to minimize potential damage and information loss in an emergency or disaster are also included.
This workshop aims to build public services confidence in archivists, whether they are reference veterans or are new to assisting researchers. Participants will have the opportunity to practice foundational skills, to assess real archives programs, to consider new strategies, and to plan for change in their current role/repository.
International Archives Week is an opportunity to promote archives. Learn more about Archives Week 2024.
ASA members are invited to our AGM on May 23 in Canmore!
The AOR Training session is an introduction to contributing content to AOR. The training is intended for those with little to no experience using AOR or for those who would like a refresher on how to use the database.
