February 27, 2024



*Archives Awareness Week 2024 April 2 to April 5, 2024 Access your Archives*

This year’s Archives Awareness Week (AAW) will be held from April 2 to
April 5, 2024! The theme this year, *“Access your Archives”*, will be a
warmup for the upcoming conference.

*April is #ArchivesAtoZ*

Throughout April 2024, the AAO Instagram will also take part in the annual
Archives of Ontario-led #ArchivesAtoZ social media campaign to promote the
Archeion service and descriptions in the database. See Danielle
Manning’s listserv
announcement
<https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=AAOLIST;5cf2a7e1.2402&S=> for more
details about the campaign and consider joining.

*Instagram Reels*

As part of AWW, we are bringing back our featured Instagram reels from you!
On Thursday, April 5, 2024, the AAO will publish a series of short
vignettes submitted by membership via our Instagram account. We are asking
volunteers to submit recorded (sound and video) answers to any or all of
the following questions. Examples from your collections will be encouraged!

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   Tell us about a unique outreach initiative your archive has been working
   on.
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   How do you provide access to your archives collection?
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   In what ways do you make your collection accessible or hope to?
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   What challenges do archives face in making records accessible while
   respecting users and donors?
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   What archival process or specific record in your collection keeps you up
   at night?
   -

   Developments in new networks and collaborations.

Follow *@archives.assoc.ontario
<https://www.instagram.com/archives.assoc.ontario/?hl=en>* on Instagram to
watch!

*Twitter Takeover*

As per tradition, the AAO will be hosting a Twitter Takeover event. On
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, a roster of guest archivists will take over the AAO
Twitter account @AAO_tweet <https://twitter.com/AAO_tweet> to answer your
questions and comments related to work in the archives. Let us know if you
would like to book a one hour slot! Teams are welcome!

*Share your Events*

We encourage members to program events and engage in social media
initiatives. If you would like us to promote your own AAW event, please let
us know prior to *March 15, 2024* so that we can include it in next month’s
newsletter and feature it on our website.

*How to Participate *

If you would like to participate in any of these activities, please
contact Tiffany
Ribeiro <[log in to unmask]> at [log in to unmask]
prior to March
15, 2024.

Posting about events? Use the *#2024AAW* hashtag!

Check out the Archives Awareness Week page
<https://www.aao-archivists.ca/Archives-Awareness-Week> for more
information.

*Fundraiser*

As a part of Archives Awareness Week, we are asking for your donations in
support of the Shirley Spragge Bursary program, which provides financial
assistance for students, new professionals, or archivists in financial need
to cover the registration and travel to the AAO's annual conference.

The larger the fund grows, the more budding archivists it can help. Those
early-career connections and experiences are invaluable, often leading to
new connections, new jobs, or even the confidence, inspiration, and
resolution to stick with a profession that can be difficult to break into.

So this Archives Awareness Week, consider offering a hand-up to those
following in your professional footsteps. And, if you're hosting an event
or have a newsletter, consider promoting this fundraiser to your community!
You never know who is willing to help out.

Visit the bursary page
<https://www.aao-archivists.ca/shirley-spragge-bursary> for more
information or donate <https://www.aao-archivists.ca/Donate> now! Donations
over $20 are eligible for a tax receipt.
[image: AAO Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/archives.assoc.ontario>
[image: AAO Facebook]
<https://www.facebook.com/ArchivesAssociationOfOntario>
[image: AAO Twitter] <https://twitter.com/AAO_tweet>

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