Good morning archivists of Ontario!

 

Further to the message below about the 2018 Ontario Archival Accessions Register, the deadline for contributions has now been extended until Friday, March 15^th to allow more time for further submissions.  The aim is still to compile the collected data and make it all available on the AAO website during the upcoming Archives Awareness Week in April. 

 

If you’ve been thinking about participating in this initiative but haven’t found the time to pull your accessions information together, please do consider using the extra two weeks to make your contribution. Submissions should be directed to [log in to unmask]

 

Best regards,

 

Aaron Hope, on behalf of the Provincial Acquisition Strategy Working Group

 

 

Greetings archival community of Ontario!

 

It’s that time of year when the Archives Association of Ontario turns its thoughts to accessions and the state of archival collecting in our province. 

 

As such, we want to invite each and every institution in the province that collects archival records to contribute to the 2018 edition of the Ontario Archival Accessions Register (OAAR). As in previous years, we are asking repositories to submit basic details on new accessions by completing the attached reporting form. We hope to continue building on the last two years’ surveys by encouraging even more institutions to participate, whether they are currently AAO members or not. The aim is to cast the net widely and capture the most comprehensive snapshot of archival collecting possible. We’re planning to use the three years’ worth of data to begin some analysis work on collecting patterns and trends, so the bigger the response rate the better.

 

Please use the attached form to report material legally acquired by your institution in the calendar year 2018.  Completed forms should be directed to: [log in to unmask]  The deadline to submit responses is Friday, March 1st, 2019. The collected data will be made available on the AAO’s website during Archives Awareness Week in April.

 

Background information and FAQs on the OAAR and the Provincial Acquisition Strategy of which it forms a part can be found on the AAO website.

 

Best regards,

 

Aaron Hope, on behalf of the Provincial Acquisition Strategy Working Group