Dear Colleagues, Your input is being sought for a study on the Prevalence of Participatory Archives in Canadian Institutions. Please participate in this survey here: https://forms.office.com/r/JhVAkHSURd On average, it takes 15 - 30 minutes to complete. Intended Participants:
* Archivists and archival professional * Currently working or have worked at a Canadian archival institution, or archive within a Canadian institution
The AAO’s Professional Development Committee and Institutional Development Committee co-present:
*Town Hall on the Monetary Appraisal of Archives in Canada (Ontario)*
*There are still spots left for this hybrid workshop and there is an in-person attendance option. If there isn’t enough registration interest for in-person attendance, the workshop will be switched to online only.*
Someone off list is looking at some mobile shelving providers and is wondering if anyone has used Montel systems or SmartSpace GTA and what their experience has been with them?
2024-2025 Call for Volunteers - CAC and DEI Committees
Do you want to get involved with the Archives Association of Ontario (AAO)? Are you a new or experienced professional looking to meet fellow archivists and contribute to the field? If so, you’re in luck! The AAO is looking for individuals to help support our mandate of furthering the education of Ontario’s records and information professionals and advocating for the interests of the province’s community of archives, heritage organizations, and records institutions.
December 9, 2024 Ebb and Flow: Narratives of Adaptability
The Archives Association of Ontario (AAO) is pleased to announce its Call for Papers for the 2025 Annual Conference to be held virtually on *May 6-8, 2025.*
The annual AAO Conference is an opportunity for archivists, librarians, scholars, students and new graduates from across Ontario and beyond to gather and explore contemporary professional and socio-political issues affecting archives and memory repositories in the province. The aim of the conference is to broaden the knowledge and connections within the archival and cultural heritage community in Ontario and beyond, leading to new insights
In November Artefactual Systems updated our refreshed Archeion homepage based on member feedback. You can view the final homepage result at https://aao-theme-test.accesstomemory.org.
*Artefactual Systems will upgrade Archeion to AtoM version 2.8 <https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/wiki/Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.8.2> and launch the homepage refresh on* *December 18th at 5 p.m. EST.* *Archeion may experience some downtime during this time.*
If this scheduled downtime poses an issue for your institution, please let me know by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 11th.
A reminder that Archeion will be upgraded by Artefactual Systems to AtoM version 2.8 <https://wiki.accesstomemory.org/wiki/Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.8.2> on December 18th at 5 p.m. EST. The site may experience some downtime. Following the upgrade work, time will be needed to repopulate the search index. The new Archeion homepage refresh will also be launched as part of this work.
The upgrade of Archeion <https://www.archeion.ca/> to AtoM version 2.8.2 and launch of the new Archeion homepage is now complete. You can continue to submit feedback about the look-and-feel and user interface of Archeion any time using this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4IVHIwZW38_k-RbWniL6Fq7BMTifUEKZJRdbaW3btwGvESg/viewform?usp=sf_link> - available on the Archeion About page <https://www.archeion.ca/about> as well.
Many thanks to Artefactual Systems for their work on the upgrade and new homepage.
For those who work with MFIPPA/Freedom of Information requests, how does your institution differentiate between a general record (MFIPPA s.14) and a personal record (MFIPPA s. 38b) when providing access to the public? If anyone has a policy, procedure, or even general advice to share, it would be appreciated!
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Job Title: Archive Preparation
Job Description:
Assist author in preparing, arranging, and describing archival materials for a literary archive to transfer to an archival institution. Duties include packing materials and making an inventory list of the box contents.
Apologies, the pay range should be $25-$35 an hour.
Rhiannon Allen-Roberts, M.L.I.S. (she/her) Congregational Archivist 485 Windermere Rd. London, ON N6A 4X3 (519) 432-3781 x 404
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If you are still interested in learning about the First Nations Principles of OCAP, don't be shy. We still have space.
The Archives of Ontario would like to invite you to attend a virtual presentation on the Frist Nations Principles of OCAP, facilitated by Eva Keeshig from the First Nations Information Governance Centre, on December 10th from 10:00am to 11:00am EST.
This weekend's snowmageddon means that winter has begun with a bang and that it's time to think about submitting to the Winter 2025 issue of Off the Record!
The submission deadline for this issue is January 26th. Please review the submission requirements <https://aao-archivists.ca/Submissions>, and feel free to send any questions our way!
Please also send us your articles, news, and announcements! Do you have new initiatives or exhibits underway? Are you connected to a local archive or memory project with an interesting history? Do you have a story of how your institution is engaging with local or
The AAO’s Professional Development Committee and Institutional Development Committee co-present:
*Town Hall on the Monetary Appraisal of Archives in Canada (Ontario)*
In response to changes in the guidelines for the monetary appraisal of archives for cultural property status; the development of Masterclasses at the National Archival Appraisal Board and new templates for conducting panel-based appraisals; and, some more organized attempts at conducting in-house group appraisals within archival networks and larger institutions, the present is a good time to take a collective look at the practice of monetary appraisal of archives in Canada. Let’s examine the state of
