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  • Access & Privacy Special Interest Section

    • 25 Jun 2026
    • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    • Zoom
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    The ACA Access & Privacy Special Interest Section (SIS) will be holding a meeting for anyone interested on Thursday June 25th at 11 am MT (1pm ET).

    Please feel free to join the meeting if you’re interested in information access and privacy as  a social value, citizen right and as it pertains to your institutional holdings.

    The SIS seeks to establish a foundation for archivists to openly connect and share perspectives on access to information, access and privacy practices, and archival access more broadly.

    If you’re interested in matters relating to the acquisition and management of personal information, or access more broadly as an archival duty, please feel free to join the group.

    Topics of interest include access services and barriers to accessing archives, user experience and access to archives, access rights, understanding privacy, how access & privacy laws apply to public & private sector archives, and the various challenges that coincide with disclosure. Identifying steps and strategies for implementing privacy compliant business practices can also be considered.

    The group will be open to tabling concerns of archivists related to privacy ethics & principles and access to information issues for general awareness and knowledge sharing.

    Zoom link will be sent to registrants the day before the meeting. 

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  • Special Interest Section Indigenous Archives

    • 26 Jun 2026
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • via Zoom
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    Please join us on June 26th, from 11-12 am PST/2-3 pm EST for the next SISIA meeting. This meeting will host both Indigenous-only and Indigenous/non-Indigenous joint discussions. In consultation with SISIA membership, the group has decided to reorganize their meetings with the following agenda going forward:

    • 2:00 pm-2:30 pm (EST): Indigenous and non-Indigenous joint discussion and updates
    • 2:30 pm-2:55pm (EST): breakout into Indigenous/non-Indigenous rooms
    • 2:55 pm-3:00 pm (EST): reconvene and close; option to keep zoom open to continue conversation for either group

    Please know that neither ACA membership nor a specific professional designation is required to attend the meeting. The entire meeting is open and free for First Nations, Inuit and Métis interested and working with communities and organizations containing Indigenous heritage, cultural, language and oral history collections in archive or related projects. 

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  • Introduction to Digital Preservation Workshop

    • 8 Jul 2026
    • 9 Jul 2026
    • 2 sessions
    • Via Zoom
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    Introduction to Digital Preservation

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

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

    Instructor: Mary Grace Kosta

    Mary Grace Kosta is an archival consultant with many years of experience as an archivist. Since January 2022, she has chaired the Society of American Archivists Models and Resources Committee. She currently chairs the Joint US-Canada AtoM Users Group and serves as a member of the AtoM Foundation Communications Committee, the Association of Canadian Archivists Professional Development Committee, and the NDSA Communications and Publications Working Group. She is a winner of the Society of American Archivists Sr. M. Claude Lane, OP memorial award, and the Archives Association of Ontario James J. Tallman award.

    This two-part workshop series will take place on July 8th AND July 9th, and 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


    Day One

    • 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
    • Navigating institutional barriers including budget constraints, institutional resistance, technical barriers
    • Digital preservation and the climate crisis

     

    Day Two

    • Demonstrations of seven open-source tools
    • Hands on practice using two open-source tools

    *Additionally, handouts for registrants as well as a folder of digital objects will be shared prior to the first day of the workshop.

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

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  • Special Interest Section Indigenous Archives

    • 31 Jul 2026
    • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • via Zoom
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  • Basics of Email Preservation Workshop

    • 19 Nov 2026
    • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
    • 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.

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


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