Emerging Professionals and Students - Special Interest Section
Inaugural Meeting
On Tuesday June 6 we will have our inaugural Zoom meeting for the ACA special interest section for students and emerging professionals.
The inaugural meeting of the new Special Interest Section will provide emerging professionals and students from a diversity of institutions and programs with opportunities to meet and network on a regular basis.
The meeting will be at 1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT. At this meeting we will: Introduce ourselves and what we this SIS might accomplish; Establish terms of reference for the SIS; Brainstorm scope of action, goals, and other activities for the SIS.
The ACA Governance Committee meets monthly the first Tuesday of each month.
Museum Policy Review - Town Hall
June 7, 2023 Online
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The Public Awareness and Advocacy Committee meets monthly on the second Thursday.
If you have an issue you wish to raise, please submit this form:
https://archivists.ca/PAA-Issue-Submissions
ACA Annual General Meeting
2023 June 14 Online via Zoom
Join the ACA Board of Directors on Tuesday, June 14, 2023 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT for the Annual General Meeting. The meeting agenda will include board reports, an update on ACA activities, including committees, SISs and Student Chapters. Members will also have an opportunity to review ACA audit documents and the ACA budget material.
This meeting will take place online, via Zoom. The agenda and supporting documents are available online in the June 2023 Bulletin.
The results of the 2023 election will be announced and members will be able to meet the new ACA 2023-2025 board members.
Institutional members are reminded to ensure that a designated delegate has been entered into your membership profile to ensure your delegate receives the online voting link and information regarding the AGM.
The Communications Committee meets the second Wednesday of each month.
If you have news you wish to share - please let us know!
Member News Submission: Communications and Social Media
The Membership Committee meets on the third Wednesday of each month.
The committee is currently looking for volunteers. It's a great way to learn about the association and gain excellent experience.
https://archivists_ca.formstack.com/forms/aca_volunteer_form
ACA 2023: Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects
City: Charlottetown
Dates: June 28 to July 1, 2023 at the Delta Hotels by Marriott, Prince Edward Island
Format: In Person
Accommodation
For more information about accommodation and the room block, see here: 2023_Conference Accommodation
Conference Rates and Important Dates
At-a-Glance and Selecting Sessions
Over the next several weeks, the Conference At-a-Glance will be updated with additional information or minor details as they become available. See here for a link to the conference program. Please note that the conference registration form asks you to select sessions you plan on attending. If you do not know at this time, you can indicate that you do not know. The Secretariat can assist you with editing your selection as may be needed.This information will help the team plan for session and event attendance.
Social Activities
This year's annual conference is taking place a little later than it has been in the past. The Host Team has planned activities that will provide opportunities to enjoy with family and colleagues at the end of each day. In the coming weeks, watch for blogs, emails, and updated information about restaurant suggestions, tours, and ideas to extend your stay.
Conference App
Again this year, ACA 2023 has a free, official app via the Whova platform. There will be a virtual 'swag bag' that will provide conference attendees with access to discounts at local venues and activities. Stay tuned for more details.
Registrants will be notified when the conference app is ready. At that time, you will be invited to download Whova to your desktop or mobile device, and you will be able to:
For the first time since 2019, the ACAF will host its annual auction to raise funds to support bursaries, travel grants, and scholarships for ACA members, emerging professionals in particular. If you have an item you wish to donate or if you wish to craft, create, or make an item for auction, please reach out to the ACAF Secretariat: acaf@archivists.ca. You can submit items here: https://archivists_ca.formstack.com/forms/aca_foundation_annual_auction_call_for_items
Tax receipts will be issued as outlined by CRA guidelines. We will be using the FollowMyBid app again this year so that folks not able to attend in person will be able to be part of the auction.
Trade Show and Exhibitors
There are also opportunities to be part of this year's trade show. You can register here: ACA 2023 Trade Show - Exhibitors
Advertising and Sponsorship
This version of the annual ACA annual conference will attract more than 225 archivists and record keepers working in the archives and communities across Canada, the USA and internationally.
Conference sponsorship allows you to reach this influential group of professionals, leaders and decision-makers.
See here for more information: Advertising, Sponsorship and Support - ACA 2023: Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects
Pre-Conference Workshop: Quill Work on Birch Bark
Quill work is an ancient artwork that inspired the Mi’kmaq, or the porcupine people, to create such beautiful pieces of art that are now kept in museums all over the world for their beauty and timeless creativity. In this experience you will be able to work with a skilled artisan and create your own decorative birch bark circle to take home with you while learning about the rich and beautiful history of the Mi’kmaq on PEI.
This art form has been passed down from generation to generation and now it is your time to learn this amazing skill.
Workshop Details:
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm AT.
Location: This workshop will take place at the Delta, PEI, the room location will be emailed to attendees in advance of the workshop.
The capacity for the workshop is 25 participants.
Costs:
ACA Members: $75
Non-Members: $85
ACA Members - students / precariously employed: $50
Introduction to Archival Digital Accessibility
Pre-Conference Workshop
Today, more than ever before, those who work with archival digital materials rely on websites, images, PDF documents, audio, and video, to connect with researchers and the public. Lowering barriers to make digital materials more accessible is crucial for the one out of five Canadians, who identify as having disabilities. As well, some of the 1.3 billion people worldwide may also be using Canadian archival digital materials.
There is also provincial and Federal accessibility and human rights legislation across Canada that may require many of us working with archival digital materials, to identify and lower barriers for people with disabilities. Lowering barriers makes access easier and more inclusive, and provides a sense of belonging for those of us who have disabilities. In this workshop, learn the basics on how to start identifying and lowering barriers. The first part of the workshop will focus on 'why' digital accessibility is important for people with disabilities, and what legislation may apply to your work. This will include information on who may be accessing your digital materials, and what technologies may be used. There will be one or two live demonstrations of some popular technologies. The second part of the workshop will focus on the basics of the 'what' and 'how'. You will learn practical tips that can be used right away, to help make digital materials more accessible and inclusive. The workshop is geared to a beginner and intermediate audience. No technical expertise is required, just have an interest in the subject.
What You Will Learn:
Outline
ACA Members: $ 50.00
Non-Members: $ 75.00
ACA Members - students / precariously employed: $25.00
ACA Members - subsidized: $ 0 (please reach out to the ACA Secretariat for the application).
Workshop Facilitator:
Lisa Snider is CNSA MemoryNS Support Specialist and AABC MemoryBC Coordinator. She is a digital archivist, and since 2010, has worked with digital and hybrid collections in North America, including at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Lisa's passion in life is working with website, document, audio, video, and social media accessibility. She shares her knowledge with others to lower barriers, and make digital materials more accessible for people with different disabilities. Lisa has worked with, and helped create, accessibility legislation across Canada. She has worked with digital accessibility since 1999, and collaborates with Microsoft to improve their product accessibility.
ACA 2023 - Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects
“Artificial Intelligence and Archives: the I Trust AI Research Project.”
When: June 28, 2023, Delta PEI Charlottetown
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM AT
Capacity: 50 participants
The ongoing availability, accessibility, and trustworthiness of public records is under threat, due to sociotechnical changes that have left our public institutions staggering under an overwhelming abundance, complexity, and lack of control of records. Without automated means of processing, we will increasingly lose control of public records, and ultimately, the public will lose trust in archives. However, implementing automated solutions - especially Artificial Intelligence solutions - raises a whole new set of costs and risks, from the expenses involved in implementing systems, to the risks of privacy breach, bias and discrimination, and loss of discretion. This workshop will explain the fundamental ideas on which AI is based, discuss types of AI tools available, and identify both the advantages and issues presented by their use on records and archives. It will then outline the way the new InterPARES project, I Trust AI, aims to determine how the records and archives community can develop its own AI tools based on archival principles, and leverage them to support society's demand for trustworthy public records. Finally, it will present some of the studies that are being carried out by the I Trust AI researchers, and their outcomes to date, and will involve the workshop participants in the analysis and discussion of such outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
The participants will learn to:
Muhammad Abdul-Mageed is Canada Research Chair in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. His research focuses on deep representation learning and natural language socio-pragmatics, with two main goals: (1) development of `social’ machines for improved human health, safer social networking, and reduced information overload; and (2) use of machine learning as a vehicle for making discoveries with and about human language. He is currently leading several funded projects, including InterPARES Trust AI, and has been funded by SSHRC, NSERC, CFI, Google, Amazon, AMD, among others. Luciana Duranti is a Professor at the UBC School of Information, where she teaches archival diplomatics, appraisal, preservation of digital records, and history of recordkeeping. Her research aims to find solutions to digital record issues that can be universally applied. Since 1998, she has been the Director of InterPARES (International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems), a multi-national and multi-disciplinary research project studying the long-term preservation of authentic electronic records, which is now in its 5th phase. She has been the lead investigator also for other SSHRC-funded projects, such as Records in the Clouds and Digital Records Forensics. Corinne Rogers is the Project Coordinator for InterPARES Trust AI (UBC, 2021-2026), a multidisciplinary, international partnership researching the uses and applicability of Artificial Intelligence in archival workflows to ensure trust and trustworthiness of records and data. She is an adjunct professor in the UBC School of Information, where she teaches diplomatics and digital preservation. She was most recently a Systems Archivist at Artefactual Systems, lead developers and organizational home to open source projects for digital preservation, AccessToMemory (AtoM) and Archivematica. Peter Sullivan is a Graduate Academic Assistant working under Luciana and Muhammad. His research focuses on Speech Processing, particularly Automatic Speech Recognition and classification (State Detection, Language and Dialect ID). Prior to returning to academia, he was a high-school Computer Science teacher, and brings with him his passion for demystifying complex technologies. Tracey P. Lauriault is Associate Professor, Critical Media and Big Data, School of Journalism and Communications, Cross Appointed to Digital Humanities, and board member of the Institute for Data Science at Carleton University in Canada. She a founder of the field critical data studies, open data and Open Smart Cities. As a data and technological citizen, she examines large and small data and technology systems to make them more just, inclusive, equitable and environmentally sustainable. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1847-2738
Annual Conference: June 28 to July 1, 2023
Why sponsor this national conference?
In 2020 and 2021, the ACA pivoted to host two successful online conferences. In 2022, the ACA hosted its first ever hybrid annual conference. In 2023, for the first time since 2019 (Toronto), the ACA annual conference will take place in person at the Delta PEI, located on the water close to many amenities and sites to see.
Exciting marketing opportunities are provided that will enable your organization to:
Obtain valuable exposure and prominence with current and potential clients
Increase corporate and organizational visibility
Show your organization's commitment to supporting the diverse community of archivists and record keepers and the important work undertaken to preserving the records of today for future generations.
Four conference sponsorship levels to choose from … with benefits and recognition for your organization
Sponsorship Levels
Acknowledgements and Advertising Opportunities
Whova Conference App: This year, the ACA will be using Whova, a networking and engagement conference app to support this year's conference. All supporters will be listed in the app. We will also be using banners to highlight the support of our sponsors.
Conference Programs: Published prior to the annual conference, the Program contains detailed descriptions of sessions and social events. It is posted on the web, reaching all delegates and is accessible to the international archives community.
Please contact the ACA Secretariat with any questions you may have.
ACA's 48th Annual Conference Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects
Trade Show - Exhibitors
In Person and Virtual Options
Please see here for a link to accommodation: https://archivists.ca/2023_Conference-Accommodation/
Format: In Person The 2023 Trade Show will take place on Thursday, June 29 and Friday June 30, 2023 at the Delta, PEI in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. This year, we will be meeting in person. We are expecting more than 225 delegates from across Canada, the USA and internationally to attend in person. The Trade Show offers an excellent opportunity if your firm is seeking to demonstrate your products or services to leading archivists. • Exhibitor Booth provided within Whova app • Link to Exhibitor Booth page disseminated via ACA Conference social media accounts (Twitter, Instagram,LinkedIn) • Opportunity to submit a brief (max. 3 minute) pre-recorded video re: services and/or products for inclusion on the conference Whova platform • Conference registration for 2 Exhibitor representatives, access to sessions, and all conference refreshment breaks and lunches on June 29 and June 30. • Cost: $1200.00 per booth flat fee
The ACA recognizes that it may not be possible for exhibitors to attend in person. Exhibitors may also interact with conference attendees using, Whova, the ACA's conference app.
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