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    • 5 Oct 2023
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    The Professional Development Committee meets the first Thursday of every month.




    • 18 Oct 2023
    • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Zoom Meeting
    • 21
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    Practical Approaches to Ethical Oral History


    What makes for an ethical oral history project/program and how can you use oral history in your museum? Pauline Tennent and Heather Bidzinski share their experiences using oral history in research, collections, and exhibition work while addressing some common challenges.  This workshop explores what oral history is, guidelines and resources available, and how to create a balanced approach to collection management, community engagement, and programmatic needs.

    Whether you are starting from scratch or dealing with historical collections, this session aims to answer some of the questions surrounding oral history projects, programs, and collections.


    Speakers: 

    Dr. Pauline Tennent (she/her), Manager for the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) at the University of Manitoba

    Heather Bidzinski, Head of Archives and Special Collections at the University of Manitoba
    • 2 Nov 2023
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    The Professional Development Committee meets the first Thursday of every month.




    • 2 Nov 2023
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Zoom Webinar
    • 14
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    Toward Community-Centred Reference

    ACA Professional Development Workshop

    This workshop considers the challenges Black researchers face when consulting with reference services in archives. Participants will learn to think critically about their positionality and their current approaches to providing access. Practical suggestions will be offered to reference archivists to help them provide services that are community-centered. This workshop includes a small group activity and discussion with time for reflection. 

    In this workshop participants will:

    • Learn how to unpack how white supremacy shows up in archives
    • Learn how to identify and address oppressive practices in access and reference 
    • Learn how to minimize harm when providing reference services 

    Target Audience

    • New professionals

    • Mid-career professionals

    • Late-career professionals

    • Community archivists

    • Corporate archivists

    • Government archivists

    • Museum archivists

    • University or college archivists

    Workshop Instructor: Melissa J. Nelson is a second-generation Jamaican Canadian archivist, writer, and educator who is based in Toronto, Ontario. Her work and research interests include the preservation of Black cultural heritage and ethics of care in the preservation of anti-Black archival materials. Melissa explores her interest in history and archives in her blog melissajnelson.com. Melissa is currently an Archivist for the Archives of Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Carleton University and a Master of Information Studies from McGill University.
    • 22 Nov 2023
    • 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • Zoom Meeting
    • 17
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    Person Centered Description for Private Records: Practitioner Workshop

    ACA Professional Development Workshop

    In this workshop, participants will explore ideas around person-centred descriptive practices for private records and develop questions and considerations they can use to apply person-centred descriptive practices in their home archives.

    In the first half of the workshop, facilitators will provide a grounding of what being person-centred means in the context of archival description, what parts of description it could impact, and what the practice of this type of description may look like for both new acquisitions and retrospective description. Facilitators will contextualise the idea of person-centred description as a means for creating a sense of inclusion for researchers through explicit, creator-reported representation. Facilitators will provide examples of how archives have documented these ideas in their practices, through tools such as style guides, and gather additional anecdotal examples to offer participants. The workshop will also explore ideas of how and by whom person-centred descriptions can be written, recognising the importance of experiential, lived knowledges, limitations of sole authorship, and benefits of deeper engagement with donors. Throughout this first half, discussion of ideas and practitioner experiences will be encouraged.

    In the second half of the workshop, participants will engage in an activity to use the presented guiding principles to develop a list of questions and considerations for building person-centred descriptive practices, as well as mechanisms to enable person-centred descriptive practices in their home archives. Participants will go home with a handout of citations of current literature exploring these ideas and existing style guides that can be used for inspiration.

    By the end of this workshop, participants should:

    1.            Be able to define person-centred archival description
    2.            Understand the value of a person-centred approach to archival description
    3.            Have an understanding of considerations for enacting person-centred description


    Workshop Instructors


    Krista Jamieson (she/they) is a queer archivist and PhD Candidate based in Hamilton, Ontario. Krista's work centers around digital archiving, digital preservation, archival selection, and metadata (including, but not limited to description).


    Daniela Ansovini (she/her) is an Archivist with the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS) where she is responsible for the private records of individuals and organizations affiliated with the University of Toronto. She has worked in a number of academic, community and arts organizations with interests that include donor relationships, oral history, archival appraisal, and memory work.


     

    • 7 Dec 2023
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    The Professional Development Committee meets the first Thursday of every month.




Past workshops

13 Sep 2023 Focus Group - Professional Competencies for Archivists Working Group
12 Sep 2023 Focus Group - Professional Competencies for Archivists Working Group
28 Jun 2023 ACA 2023 In Person Pre-Conference Workshop: “Artificial Intelligence and Archives: the I Trust AI Research Project.
28 Jun 2023 ACA 2023 Hybrid Pre-Conference Workshop:Introduction to Archival Digital Accessibility
28 Jun 2023 Pre-Conference Workshop: Quill Work on Birch Bark
29 Mar 2023 Ancestry “Lunch & Learn”: Handwriting Recognition - The Future of Indexing
22 Feb 2023 “Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Archives” Workshop
24 Nov 2022 Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials
23 Nov 2022 The Reconciliation Framework: Presentation and Q & A
9 Nov 2022 “Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Archives” Workshop
2 Nov 2022 Building your institution’s archival processing checklist for digital records
6 Oct 2022 “Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Archives” Workshop
4 Oct 2022 Web Archiving for Beginners
23 Jun 2022 “Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Archives” Workshop
14 Jun 2022 ACA 2022 Pre-Conference Workshop: "Every Last Byte: Making the Most of Access Copies in Archives"
8 Jun 2022 Kairos Virtual Blanket Exercise
7 Jun 2022 The First Nations Principles of OCAP – First Nations Information Governance Centre
1 Jun 2022 Advertising, Sponsorship and Support - ACA 2022 @UBC
27 Apr 2022 Working with Archival Texts as Data – Using Natural Language Processing to Support the Description of Digital Archives
15 Apr 2022 Working with Archival Texts as Data – Post-OCR Error Correction with OpenRefine
15 Dec 2021 Deadline Extended: December 15, 2021: Call for Workshops - 2022 - ACA PDC
10 Dec 2021 New Date: Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials
24 Nov 2021 Advanced Workshop - Creating Online Exhibits for Digital Collections
17 Nov 2021 Making Movies for Archivists
10 Nov 2021 Creating Online Exhibits for Digital Collections
4 Nov 2021 International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF): what is it and why should my archives adopt it?
6 Oct 2021 Information Governance for Archivists
29 Sep 2021 Conjuring the Spirits of Success - Heritage Wins the Day
22 Sep 2021 Intimate Records
9 Jun 2021 Incorporating Indigenous Ways in Archival Policy and Procedure Development - Panel Discussion with Yukon Presenters: ACA 2021 Pre-Conference Workshop
8 Jun 2021 Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials: ACA 2021 Pre-Conference Workshop
7 Jun 2021 Digital File Transfer App and the National Accession Standard: ACA 2021 Pre-Conference Workshop
7 Jun 2021 ACA 2021 Virtual Conference: Home Improvement
18 May 2021 Working with Archival Texts as Data – Using Natural Language Processing to Support the Description of Digital Archives
11 May 2021 Working with Archival Texts as Data – Post-OCR Error Correction with OpenRefine
12 Apr 2021 UCASIS - Navigating Wikidata and Archival Description in Canada - A Panel Discussion
20 Feb 2021 Legal Issues in Archival Donations
28 Nov 2020 Advanced Workshop - Creating Online Exhibits for Digital Collections
24 Oct 2020 Creating Online Exhibits for Digital Collections
5 Oct 2020 Wikidata: WikiProject Archival Descriptions
28 Sep 2020 Resume workshop for new information professionals
24 Sep 2020 Creating Online Exhibits for Digital Collections
24 Aug 2020 Creating Online Exhibits for Digital Collections
22 Jun 2020 Creating Online Exhibits for Digital Collections
8 Jun 2020 Wikidata: WikiProject Archival Descriptions

Past Conference Workshops


ACA 2019:  Archival Origins


ACA 2006: Living on the Edge

June 26, 2006  Full Day

Law and Original Order: Legal Aspects of Archive

June 27, 2006 Full Day

Just Scan It All! Making Archival Holdings Available Online

June 27, 2006 Half day

CCA Awareness Kit 

ACA 2018:  Trust in Technology

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