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August 10, 2010

ACA Institute on Personal Archives, Oct. 29 & 30, 2010

City of Toronto Archives, Toronto, ON.  Canada

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ACA Institutes offer an intense learning experience featuring topics or curriculum at an advanced level. Institutes typically last two to three days and involve preparatory readings and case studies.

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July 27, 2010

Call for Proposals: ACA 36th Annual Conference, June 2-4, 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Back to Basics??

The general statement which all archives use to describe their role and function is to acquire, arrange and describe, preserve and make available the records in their care. From the language we use to the descriptive formats we prescribe, the manner in which this is done is constantly evolving though much of the thought behind our practice remains the same.

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June 25, 2010

I am very pleased to let you know that $1,287.50 was raised at the recent Association of Canadian Archivists conference in Halifax to benefit the Association of Canadian Archivists Foundation (ACAF). The Foundation is the fund-raising and fund-granting arm of the ACA. Recent activities of the Foundation include providing financial support to defray the travel costs of the three graduate student presenters at the Student Session at this year's conference.

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