As part of its celebration of Archives Awareness Week, the Archives
Association of Ontario is pleased to release the fourth edition of the
Ontario Archival Accessions Register <http://aao-archivists.ca/page-18289> .

 

Based on a survey of accessions received across the province in 2019, the
OAAR presents basic information on newly acquired records, including the
collecting institution, the record creator, a brief summary of the scope and
content of the accession, outside covering dates, associated subject
headings, reference codes or accession numbers, extent, and information on
the relationship of the accession to existing holdings and descriptions
(where applicable).

 

The OAAR was developed as part of the AAO's Provincial Acquisition Strategy
to provide a common place for archives in Ontario to share accessions
information in a spirit of openness and transparency intended to encourage
cooperation and collaboration in archival acquisition. The data is also made
available to allow for analysis of collecting patterns and trends, enabling
the archives community to identify gaps in the archival record as we work
toward ensuring our collective holdings are representative of the whole
province and all its people.

 

This fourth edition of the OAAR includes contributions from nine archival
institutions, together providing information on nearly 300 individual
accessions received in the last calendar year.  Participating archives
include community archives, university and college archives, specialist
archives and the Archives of Ontario.

 

Download the 2019 OAAR <http://aao-archivists.ca/page-18289>  from the AAO
website and see what archives in Ontario have been collecting.

 

AAO Institutional Development Committee

 


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