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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

  

  When: Thursday November 19 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET

  Where: Virtually via Zoom (Zoom link will be provided to registrants the day before the workshop).

  Biography:

  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.

  Description: 

  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.

  
  

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• The (Operating) Theatre of Plants: John Parkinson’s Theatrum Botanicum at McMaster University

  • When
    26 Nov 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM

  Dear colleagues,     

  You are cordially invited to McMaster’s next online Archives Alive lecture (26 November 2026 at 12 p.m. EST): “The (Operating) Theatre of Plants: John Parkinson’s Theatrum Botanicum at McMaster University.”  

  In 2019, McMaster acquired a 1640 first edition of John Parkinson’s Theatrum Botanicum — a pivotal text in the history of botany which sought to catalogue and illustrate the physical appearance, virtues, and uses of every medicinal plant then known to pharmacology. Originally proposed as a supplement to an earlier work on garden flowers, edible plants, and orchard trees, the compiling of this “fourth section” on medicine required a further 11 years. The resulting publication, comprising over 2,500 illustrations, greatly exceeded the work it was intended to amend in both length and complexity. Centuries’ worth of use and engagement had left their marks on McMaster’s copy, reflecting the many lives it had touched between its printing and the present day. These included major damage to its spine and binding — and the inclusion of many plant fragments, which had been pressed between its pages by previous users.  In 2022, McMaster’s conservation lab undertook a major repair and consolidation project (or book surgery, if you like) aimed at ameliorating these issues while preserving as much of the original binding material as possible. Through this process, the plant specimen fragments received particular care and attention. Join us to explore the story of this fascinating book, the technical and interpersonal complexities of its production, and our efforts to respect and center the core materiality of the object even as we attempt to set it up for continued use and enjoyment as a constituent of McMaster's collection. 

  Register using this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4117931224245/WN_zu6ztR0ORX-j7fYvUHBFtg 

  Please feel free to share this invitation with other interested parties.  

  Best wishes,    

  Gillian Dunks

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• Special Interest Section Indigenous Archives

  • When
    27 Nov 2026
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  Please join us on November 27th, from 1-2 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:

  • 1:00 pm-1:30 pm (EST): Indigenous and non-Indigenous joint discussion and updates
  • 1:30 pm-1:55pm (EST): breakout into Indigenous/non-Indigenous rooms
  • 1:55 pm-2:00 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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• FADGI Guidelines, Beyond DPI

  • When
    19 Jan 2027
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    12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

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  Heather Hubert
  PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation

  When: Tuesday, January 19th from 12:30 - 2:30pm ET.

  Where: Virtually via Zoom (to be provided the day prior)

  Biography: 

  Heather is the current digitization photographer with PEI museum and heritage foundation since Jan. 2026. With over 3 years of experience in digitization, see her resume here: hhubertwork.myportfolio.com/work

  Workshop Overview:

  An in depth look at FADGI technical requirements, including: skew, rotation, geometric distortion dynamic range in film, scanning and digital photography colour management, colour profiles, bit depth lightness uniformity, tone response noise and sharpening testing for FADGI rating, verifying your star rating software for digitization, quality assessment This workshop would focus on the visual elements of FADGI guidelines. The expectation would be that participants have a pre-existing understanding of scanning and photography procedures, and manual operation of cameras (including aperture, ISO and shutter speed).

  Difficulty: Intermediate - Some Prior Knowledge Required

  Learning objectives: 

  • Accurately assess quality of digital images created during regular digitization processes
    
  • Improve quality of digital images during regular digitization processes 
  • Identify true star ratings of current digital imaging practices according to FADGI guidelines
    

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