• advice to archival institutions working to improve procedures and practices
• advice to organizations desiring to care for their archival records
• advice to organizations that may wish to start an archives
• advice and information may be delivered through site assessments, individual consultation, education and training, telephone, and through the ASA resource library
• members of the Archives Society of Alberta
• organizations that wish to start an archives
• organizations which hold records which may be available for public or community research
Rene Georgopalis has been the Executive Director and Archives Advisor of the Archives Society of Alberta (ASA) since 2012. She has supported the establishment of hundreds of new archival programs in Alberta and advises on general questions about the profession. She oversees the daily operations of the ASA, and has led such projects as the Flood Advisory Programme, the Supporting Indigenous Archives project, and the database migration of Alberta On Record.
Prior to her work at the ASA, Rene was the Archivist at Musée Héritage Museum in St. Albert. Additionally, she has done archival work at Humewood House in Toronto and at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in Toronto (now named ArQuives). She holds a MISt in Archives and Records Management (U of T), an MA in Classics (U of A), and a BA in Women’s Studies (U of A).
In order to access Advisory Services, please contact:
Rene Georgopalis
Phone: (780) 424-2697
Cell: (780) 983-0540
E-mail:
reneg(@)archivesalberta.org
