| Apologies for cross posting but this may be of interest to this list.
|
| Iona McCraith
| AAO Preservation Consultant
| *********************************************
| Dear Archival Colleagues,
|
| The following letter has been sent on behalf of the Association of 
Canadian
| Archivists (ACA) to Library and Archives Canada concerning the ACA's
| participation in the Pan Canadian Documentary Heritage Network (PCDHN)
| forums.
|
| To see a PDF copy of the ACA's letter, please go to the Submissions &
| Letters webpage on the ACA website:
| 
http://archivists.ca/sites/default/files/Attachments/Advocacy_attachments/pcdhn_forum-lac_may-12-web.pdf
|
| Best Regards,
| Loryl MacDonald
| ACA President
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
| May 31, 2012
|
| Mr. Fabio Onesi
| Director General
| Library and Archives Canada
| Stakeholder Relations
| 550 de la Cit=E9 Blvd.
| Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N4
|
| Re: the Pan Canadian Documentary Heritage Network
|
| Dear Mr. Onesi,
|
| I am writing to inform you that the Association of Canadian Archivists 
(ACA)
| intends to withdraw its participation from Library and Archives Canada's 
Pan
| Canadian Documentary Heritage Network (PCDHN) forums. The Library and
| Archives of Canada Act obliges Library and Archives Canada to "7(f) to
| support the development of the library and archival communities". The Act
| also compels the Librarian and Archivist of Canada to "8 (i) provide
| professional, technical and financial support to those involved in the
| preservation and promotion of the documentary heritage and in providing
| access to it." For the past 26 years, the LAC has fulfilled this mandate
| econ=
| omically and successfully through the National Archival Development 
Program
| (NADP), a program that LAC eliminated with no consultation with or 
noticeto
| the archival community.
|
| In the absence of any written communications from the LAC, it is the ACA's
| understanding that the LAC believes that it can satisfy its mandate 
through
| the Pan-Canadian Documentary Heritage Network (PCDHN). The ACA, having
| participated in the PCDHN forums from their very beginning, does not 
believe
| that the PDCHN in its current state can possibly address the diverse needs
| and interests of archives across Canada. PCDHN forums meet sporadically 
and
| have controlled agendas. The NADP is the most efficient, transparent, and
| representative means of supporting the development of the Canadian 
archival
| community.
|
| Until we can have a meaningful dialogue with you about the LAC's 
intentions
| and plans to support the Canadian archival community, the ACA will 
withdraw
| from the PCDHN forums.
|
| Best Regards,
|
| Loryl MacDonald
| ACA President
|
|
|