Forwarded from Arcan-L list.  This is a useful reference tool for outreach 
and is freely available to download from the Web site below.

Iona McCraith
Preservation Consultant
Archives Association of Ontario
Tel: (705) 277-1309     Fax: (705) 277-2091
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:28:48 -0300
From: "Susan McClure" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [Arcan-l] New Outreach Tool:  Preserving Communities: A Guide
to Archiving for Community Organizations
To: <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: Braden Cannon <[log in to unmask]>

Halifax Regional Municipality Archives  is pleased to provide access to this 
useful guide created by Braden Cannon, as part of his Masters of Library and 
Information Studies at Dalhousie University, under the supervision of Susan 
McClure, HRM's Municipal Archivist and Kathryn Harvey, formerly of Dalhousie 
University Archives and Special Collections.

Braden recognized that grassroots community organizations are not adequately 
represented in Canadian archives, and intends the guide to offer practical 
advice to community groups on caring for their historical records either 
in-house or through donating to an established archives. Braden also hopes 
to instil a sense of importance in the long-term preservation of the vital 
and extensive work being done by community organizations across Canada. 
Find and share the Guide at: 
http://www.halifax.ca/archives/AGuidetoArchivingforCommunityOrganizations.html

ACA conference participants may have caught Braden's engaging talk at the 
Student Session, and CNSA members may recall Braden's participation in our 
Education and Preservation Committees.  Braden is currently an archivist at 
the Provincial Archives of Alberta through the University of Calgary 
Archives.  He invites any comments or questions about the Guide via the 
email cc'd above.


Susan McClure
Municipal Archivist
Halifax Regional Municipality Archives

902.490.4643 (tel)
902.490.6299 (fax)
[log in to unmask] (email)
www.halifax.ca/archives (website)
PO Box 1749, Halifax, NS  B3J 3A5 (post)
81 Ilsley Ave, Dartmouth (in-person)