2006 ACA
INSTITUTE
The ACA is delighted
to announce the theme for the 2006 ACA Institute which will be held immediately
before the annual conference in St John's, Newfoundland, on Monday and Tuesday,
26-27 June 2006.
The theme for the 2006
Institute is: "ARCHIVES IN THE WAKE OF HUGH TAYLOR: SHAPING ARCHIVAL PROGRAMMES
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY". With Taylor's passing in September 2005, it is
appropriate to hold a kind of "wake" for him, to consider archives in his wake,
or the legacy for our work today of Canada's premier archival
thinker.
The Institute's aim is
to integrate new ideas and approaches to a variety of archival tasks into an
overall view of how archival programmes may be best conceived and implemented to
meet the key challenges we face. The Institute will [use Taylor's ideas as a
springboard for a discussion of this aim that also draws on a wide range of
archival writers and experiences. These challenges affect the day-to-day work
planning and service delivery of the vast majority of archives. Taylor tackled
these challenges with his imaginative insights and spurred further research into
them (for instance, in the areas of contextual description, macroappraisal,
electronic records, and relationships with other heritage and information
specialists).
In break-out groups,
participants will consider the practical workplace challenges that they will
have prepared and submitted in advance of the event. Each participant will
receive several weeks before, covered by the registration fee, a copy of Imagining Archives: Essays and
Reflections by Hugh A Taylor (2003, edited by Terry Cook and Gordon Dodds),
as well as other material.
The ACA is fortunate
to have secured as Institute leaders Terry Cook and Tom Nesmith, two of Canada's
foremost archival educators who have both written and taught about Hugh Taylor's
ideas. Both are professors in the two-year Archival Studies MA program at the
University of Manitoba and are well known as writers and lecturers on many
archival subjects, in Canada and abroad.
Institute fees have
been lowered to encourage ACA Conference attendees to arrive a bit early for
what promises to be a stimulating exploration of archival theory and practice.
For ACA members the registration fee is $500 (plus HST & $10 mailing fee for
participants from outside of Canada). The fee for non-ACA members is $675 (plus
HST & $10 mailing fee for participants from outside of Canada). These
fees include all course materials, two lunches, and four refreshment
breaks. Maximum participation is capped at 25, so register now for this
special event.
Registration forms and
other information sheets for participants are available on the ACA website (http://www.archivists.ca/prodev/aca_institute.aspx).
If you have questions about this exciting opportunity, please contact the ACA
Education Committee Chair.
We look forward to
seeing you at the Institute in St. John's!
Denise Jones
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Chair, ACA Education
Committee