Feb 14, 2024
[REDACTED]: Access, Privacy and
Addressing Ethical Accessibility
The Archives Association of Ontario is pleased to announce its Call for Posters for the 2024 Annual Conference to be held virtually from May 8th-10th, 2024.
The 2024 Conference Program Committee invites poster proposals broadly connected to the conference theme of access.
We especially welcome and encourage papers by and from students, new graduates, and emerging archivists who identify as part of minority communities. All individuals who study, work, or volunteer with archival records are invited to submit a proposal.
Potential subjects for consideration include but are not limited to:
-
Navigating access difficulties in a changing world (digital/legacy formats, etc.)
-
Remote access
-
Access, privacy, and legal legislation v. ethical responsibility
-
Navigating policy gaps
-
Developing new networks and collaborations
-
Financial inequality in archives
-
Trauma-informed approach to archives
-
Decolonial and postcolonial approaches; topics may include: archival protocols and languages of Indigenous and other communities of traditional knowledge; living archives and ancestral memory; decolonizing practice and policy.
-
Community archives
-
Archives and activism; archives relating to social justice
-
Disability justice and the implementation of accessibility codes and procedures (AODA)
-
Queer LGBTQ2S+ archives and collaborations
-
Women’s archives and networks and feminist ethics of care
-
Conflation between access and accessibility
-
The role and responsibilities of an information professional in a digital landscape
-
Donor relations
-
Other topics related to archival practice will be considered.
Poster proposals should include an abstract of up to 250 words and a biographical note of no more than 100 words for each participant.
Proposals should be submitted to: AAO Office at [log in to unmask]
Proposals should use the subject line format: AAO2024_Poster_Lastname-Firstname
The due date for poster submissions has been extended to February 25, 2024.
Posters will be presented through the Whova platform during the conference with the option to present synchronously or asynchronously.
On behalf of the AAO 2024 Conference Program Committee
.png)