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• The Archives and Technology Unconference (TAATU)

  • When
    8 Jun 2026
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    11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    84 registrants

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  The Archives and Technology Unconference (TAATU)

  June 8 2026

  11:00-2:00 EST

  Come celebrate archives and technology with us! The Archives and Technology Unconference— affectionately known as TAATU—is a free, laid-back event designed for all archival professionals interested in the intersection of technologies and their applications in the cultural heritage sector. TAATU is an informal gathering built around sharing and learning in an open, welcoming environment. There is no minimum tech experience required; everyone is welcome. Content is led by participants and shaped by those attending. Expect discussions, short presentations, demos, and plenty of interaction. Bring real archives-related challenges and work through them together with colleagues.

   View the agenda here: TAATU 2026 

  For any questions, please contact Allie Querengesser, Chair of Technology & Archives Special Interest Section at TaASIS.Chair (at) archivists.ca

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• Collaborative Strategies on Addressing Accessibility Barriers within Canada’s Archives

  • When
    8 Jun 2026
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Online
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Monday June 8th 12-1:30PM EST

  Offered as part of the ACA 2026 Virtual Conference, this workshop is ticketed separately from conference registration.
  

  Dr. Michael Marlatt is an archives/museums accessibility consultant and disability media historian based in New Brunswick. Michael has been working with media archives for over a decade having graduated from TMU’s Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management MA program. He later received his PhD in 2024 from York University’s Communication & Culture program, writing on accessibility barriers in graduate-level moving image archival education training programs in North America. He hosts workshops and public talks with cultural institutions globally on person-centred disability-inclusion strategies in regard to public programming, collections processing, accessible cultural spaces, training, and equitable hiring practises.

  Over 8 million Canadians identify as having some sort of disability. This number is only expected to rise with an aging population. What sort of impact does that have on Canadian archives? How can we continue to grow our Canadian cultural institutions to include everyone? What are some of the most pressing accessibility-related issues faced by your institutions? What have been your strengths in addressing accessibility-barriers? What have been some weaknesses?
  

  Archives and museums accessibility consultant Dr. Michael Marlatt facilitates this 90-minute workshop that looks to examine the issue of archival accessibility through collaboration and idea-sharing between Canada’s archives. Michael will guide the conversation while also giving his input, advice, and sharing recommended resources based on the dozens of workshops and public talks he has held previously.

  Themes of the workshop include, but are not limited to, architecture, public programming, conducting research, funding, collections processing, digital archives, archivist health and well-being, staff/volunteer management, entering the field, and more. Workshop participants are able to guide the direction of the conversation based on the wants and needs of their particular institution. Participants do not need to have any familiarity with the related scholarship to participate, as the workshop is not meant to be academic in nature. Archival participation does not only include users but also donors, archivists, volunteers, interns, students, etc.

  *The number of participants will be kept small to allow the space for participatory round-table discussion. Active participation is expected from all attendees. The workshop will not be recorded.

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• “How Do I Make This Work for Me?” Utilizing Transcription Tools to Enhance Collection Discoverability

  • When
    8 Jun 2026
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    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom

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  “How Do I Make This Work for Me?” Utilizing Transcription Tools to Enhance Collection Discoverability. 

  Offered as part of the ACA 2026 Virtual Conference, this workshop is ticketed separately from conference registration.
  

  Monday June 8 at 1:30 - 3:00 EST
  

  Instructors: Caitlin Bakker, Crista Bradley, Alyssa Hyduk 
  

  Gladys Arnold, a teacher turned journalist, worked for the Regina Leader-Post before travelling to Europe in 1935. After working as a freelance journalist for the Canadian Press, she became their Paris correspondent, ultimately serving as the sole Canadian correspondent in France at the start of the Second World War. Her correspondence and memoirs, now preserved at the University of Regina’s Dr. John Archer Library & Archives, offer a vivid picture of a time of great historical significance. 

  Yet, for all this primary source material, there is still a disconnect. While many of her materials have been digitized, the digital copies have not been made publicly available due to the lack of transcription and metadata, both of which require a sizeable amount of staff time. Making Arnold’s work more discoverable is essential to ensuring that her voice can be heard, and that these first-person accounts can be studied and shared. While open-source machine learning tools can generate preliminary transcripts, human review is essential to correct errors and omissions, and the volume of material makes in-house review impractical.  

  To address this challenge, we explored different platforms to assist with AI transcription of these materials, with the hopes of not only transcribing many of Gladys Arnold’s letters, but also to raise awareness of this signification Saskatchewan resource. 

  This workshop aims to introduce learners to different transcription tools, highlight the benefits and drawbacks of each, and offer best practices for using AI for transcription projects.  

  Learning outcomes for this workshop will be: 

  1: How to identify collections which will benefit from transcriptions tools and what to prioritize 

  2: Knowledge of some of the more accessible transcription tools and their benefits/drawbacks 

  3: Tips and tricks for building AI prompts to suit your project 

  Zoom link will be provided to registrants the day before the workshop. 

  Instructor Biographies

  Alyssa Hyduk, MLIS, CNA Alyssa has been involved in the archival community in Canada since 2015 and is the University Archivist at the University of Regina where she oversees private records, collection development, reference and research. Her interests include cultural memory acquisition, digitization and preservation, AI in archives, and archival appraisal.

  Caitlin Bakker, MLIS, PhD Caitlin Bakker is the Discovery Technologies Librarian at the University of Regina, where her portfolio includes the Library Services Platform, discovery and publishing systems, metadata, and authentication services. Her interests include research and publishing ethics, open science and scholarship, metadata and systems interoperability, and evidence synthesis.

  Crista Bradley, MA (Archival Studies) Crista Bradley is the University Records & Information Management Archivist and an Adjunct Professor in History at the University of Regina. She oversees the Archives’ outreach, instruction and records management programs and collection development for university records. Her research interests relate to the extension of archives to specialized groups.
  

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• Introduction to Digital Preservation Workshop

  • Start
    8 Jul 2026
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  • End
    9 Jul 2026
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Via Zoom

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  Introduction to Digital Preservation

  

  Wednesday July 8 at 2:00 - 3:30 EST

  Thursday July 9 at 2:00 - 3:30 EST
  

  Instructor: Mary Grace Kosta

  This two-part workshop series will provide an introduction to digital preservation with a focus on strategies for archives with limited resources. The topics covered will include:

  • Getting digital content from depositors
    
  • Preservation issues concerning digital records
    
  • Preservation strategies and actions
    
  • Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model
    
  • National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Levels of Preservation
    
  • Documentation including policy
    
  • Workflow steps: inventory, select and acquire, ingest, store, access
    
  • File formats
    
  • Metadata
    
  • Hardware and software needed
    
  • Storage options
    
  • Servers and networks
    
  • Demonstrations of seven open-source tools
    
  • Navigating institutional barriers including budget constraints, institutional resistance, technical barriers
    
  • Digital preservation and the climate crisis 
    
  • Hands on practice using two open-source tools
    

  Zoom link will be provided to registrants the day before the workshop. 

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• Basics of Email Preservation Workshop

  • When
    19 Nov 2026
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    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom

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  Basics of Email Preservation Workshop

  

  Thursday November 19 at 2:00 - 3:30 EST
  

  Instructor: Jonathan Ennis

  This workshop offers an overview of the fundamentals of email preservation, exploring why preserving email is both essential and complex. Participants will be introduced to common email preservation formats, methods for downloading email from several major providers, approaches to processing and providing access using ePADD, and best practices for determining which emails should be preserved.

  The session builds on a presentation originally delivered for the Society of American Archivists’ Archivists of Religious Collections Section and incorporates research developed in preparation for collecting and preserving email accounts from Moravian congregations and agencies. The updated workshop will include refreshed content reflecting recent developments in the field, as well as practical insights drawn from this evolving case study.

  Instructor Bio:

  Jonathan Ennis received his undergraduate degree from Moravian University in 2008 and his master's in Library and Information Science from Drexel University in 2011. He has been working at the Moravian Archive, Bethlehem, since 2018. He is responsible for the Archives' digitization projects, including scanning and maintenance of digitized material, processing and storage of born digital material, and digitization requests from researchers.
  

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