Would you like to design, implement and evaluate an archives user
study that meets your own requirements? Or brainstorm new ideas for a
worldwide archives user knowledge base?
If so, consider attending the 2007 ACA Institute "Why Do They Do That?:
Getting to Know Our Users through Effective User Research".
To register, visit the Association of Canadian Archivists' website at
http://www.archivists.ca/prodev/aca_institute.aspx. Spaces are still
available, but the registration deadline is fast approaching!
*Where*: Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
*When:* June 18^th and 19^th , 9 am to 4:30 pm
*Instructors: *Wendy Duff, Andrea Johnson, Joan Cherry, Ian Anderson,
Jackie Spence
*Attendance: *minimum 15 & maximum 25 participants
*Accommodations: *Leggett House residence, Queen’s University
*About the Institute Co-Leaders: * The Institute co-leaders will be *Ian
Anderson, University of Glasgow, Joan Cherry, University of Toronto,
Wendy Duff, University of Toronto, Andrea Johnson, University College,
Cork, and Jackie Spence, University of Wales*. Most of the co-presenters
are members of Ax-Snet, an international research collaboration working
"to improve access to primary resources, explore the ways users seek
information in archives, and develop ways to teach people about how to
do effective archival research". (http://www.axsnet.org).
Tom Belton
ACA Education Committee
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