Hello Trevor,

As requested, I have reviewed these documents and have the following to
offer:

1.      Great brochure that can be mailed out as a new member joins and
for the Archives Advisor to hand out on site visits. We must remember
that small organizations generally hire "someone to look after the
archives" and not an "archivist" as defined here. I can envision a
similar complementary brochure on "institutional requirements" being
available. Except for dedicated archives institutions, most others are
unaware of educational and institutional requirements.

2.      I have a question under 1.1 Purpose - is the PDC Chair the
intended target or should this read something like "to maintain the
Professional Development Committee's commitment and responsibility for
the development of professional standards"?

3.      Recommendation 5.2 amend the brochure title to "Professional"
not "Provincial".

4.      Complementary knowledge can be obtained through literature too,
like Archivaria.

Trust this helps. I can appreciate how hard the PDC has worked to get
this far.  See you at the next Board meeting.

Lynn Austin
Chair, Institutional Development Committee


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Trevor Banks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Monday, September 13, 1999 4:38 PM
        To:     [log in to unmask]
        Subject:        Professional Knowledge Requirements for Today's
Archivists in             Ontario

        By now you have received the latest issue of Off The Record
(Vol. 16, Num. 3,
        Aug. 99) along with the insert "Striving for Excellence:
Professional Knowledge
        Requirements for Today's Archivists in Ontario."

        If you did not receive the insert, or wish to have the
information
        electronically, please visit the Professional Development pages
of the AAO web
        site @
http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/people/affiliated/aao/pd/aaostandards.htm

        The brochure is being made available to the membership in order
to gauge popular
        opinion.  On behalf of the Professional Development Committee I
encourage you to
        forward any comment and/or query you may have about the
brochure, or the "Draft
        Proposal".  Please take this opportunity to put fingers to
keyboard, pen to
        paper, paper to carrier pigeon, etc...

        It is the PDC's aim to produce the final product by fall, 1999.
Don't delay in
        sending in your comments!

        All comments can be forward to the Chair of the Committee,
Trevor Banks,
        ([log in to unmask], or [log in to unmask]),
        or please send your opinion to your local representative. For a
listing of your
        local representative please see,

http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/people/affiliated/aao/pd/aaopdc99.htm.

        Thank you for your attention on this matter,
        Trevor Banks
        Chair
        Professional Development Committee
        Archives Association of Ontario