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• Sound and Moving Images Special Interest Section - Coffee Chat

  • When
    24 Mar 2023
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Webinar Meeting via Zoom

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  Sound and Moving Image Special Interest Section

  Spring Coffee Chat
  

  
  

  Join your fellow archivists for an informal, one hour Zoom discussion about sound and moving image archival records. SMISIS wants to generate a stronger sense of community and provide a place where members can chat about topics such as the benefits and challenges of digitizing audiovisual records, descriptive practices, new acquisitions, and the growing backlog of migrating content from obsolete formats. 

  This participant-driven conversation is an opportunity to ask your questions, share your experiences and ongoing projects, and leave with new knowledge about how to tackle (or, at the very least, approach) processing audiovisual records. It is open to all who work (or plan to work) with sound and moving image archival records including professional archivists, memory workers, activists, volunteers, and students.

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• Nominations and Awards Committee

  • When
    27 Mar 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  The Nominations and Awards Committee meets monthly the fourth Monday. 

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• Ancestry “Lunch & Learn”: Handwriting Recognition - The Future of Indexing

  • When
    29 Mar 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom Online

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   Ancestry “Lunch & Learn”: Handwriting Recognition - The Future of Indexing

  Date/Time of Presentation: Wednesday March 29 at 12noon ET / 9am PT

  Presentation format: lecture style followed by question/answer period

  Presentation length: 45min = 20min. presentation followed by 25min questions.

  Find out more about the latest development in Ancestry’s handwriting recognition (HWR) technology, why other solutions fell short and the unique features that will change the future of indexing. Ancestry will present a case study around the indexing of the 1950 US Census and share details about the process that ultimately resulted in publishing the HWR index on its platform. What does this mean for future indexing projects and where do we hope this will lead. . . 1931 Canadian Census???? Please join us on this exciting journey

  Key phrases:

  • The challenges
  • Creating our own in-house solution
  • The 1950 US Census – A Case Study
  • What does the future hold?
  • 1931 Canadian Census

  Presenters and brief bios:
  

  • Jared Akenhead – Senior Manager – Content Acquisition. Has worked for Ancestry for over 11 years with responsibility of finding genealogically rich content in the US and Canada. He has a passion for the helping others discover their ancestors and learn more about their family histories. He enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family. He has lived in many parts of the world, including England, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Australia and has an obvious love of travel and exploring new places.

  • Kaysie Ziebarth – Project Manager, Content Production. Has worked with Ancestry for 12 years, most recently managing the content pipeline which includes digitizing, indexing, and publishing genealogical records to Ancestry.com. Particularly focuses on projects using Data Science technology (like HWR) such as the 1950 US Federal Census and French Census collections. Kaysie enjoys family history and learning about her ancestors and loves the work that is being done to provide these meaningful connections more efficiently. She also enjoys sewing—especially Halloween costumes—and travelling with her family. One of her most memorable experiences was skydiving in Hawaii.

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• Special Interest Section for Indigenous Archives: Monthly Meeting

  • When
    31 Mar 2023
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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  Special Interest Section for Indigenous Archives

  Monthly Meeting
  

  At the January 27 and February 24 meetings, those gathered agreed that a monthly meeting to discuss SISIA at the annual conference, goals for the group, to learn more about collaborations, how the Reconciliation Framework is supporting work, and to share initiatives that folks are working on and would like to share.
  

  Join Lisa Mullins and Lorne Shapiro, co-chairs who are supporting the work to reinvigorate SISIA. 

  If you have past documents you wish to share with the group, please reach out to the ACA Secretariat to add them to support the work of SISIA.

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• Governance Committee Meeting

  • When
    4 Apr 2023
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  The ACA Governance Committee meets monthly the first Tuesday of each month. 

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• Deadline: Board of Directors Nominations

  • When
    5 Apr 2023
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    2:00 PM - 11:59 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    ACA Website Nomination Form

  Nominations Open for the ACA Board of Director Elections

  Online Form

  Nominations Open January 30 - April 5, 2023, 11:59 pm (PT)
  

  The Nominations and Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the following ACA Director (Board) positions that are up for election: 

  ·         Vice President (2 year term) 

  ·         Secretary (2 year term) 

  ·         Director at Large (2 year term) 

  The term of office for these positions is two years and will begin the first week of July following the AGM, which takes place on June 14th, 2023 on Zoom. You may RSVP here: ACA Annual General Meeting - 2023
  

  The slate of candidates will be presented to the Board once nominations have close, April 5, 2023. Online voting will open June 1, 2023 following the Members Input Session. You may RSVP here: Members Input Session

  Nominations close, April 5, 2023 (11:59 pm PT).

  All members in good standing will receive an online ballot via email. Institutional members should ensure that their designated delegate is clearly identified and up to date in their membership profile. If you need support entering your delegate name or updating your form, please reach out to the ACA Office.

  See here for a full description of the Board positions and the commitment required for each elected position. 

  You may download the nomination form for signature here and submit your nomination form, online using the link below: 

   20230130_nomination form ACA directors.pdf

  See also the ACA Nominations and Elections Policy here. 

  Directors must be individual members in good standing. Institutional members may have their designated delegate nominated for the Director-at-Large position. Nominations must be supported by five (5) ACA members. Those nominated must also provide a brief biography that will be made available to ACA members in advance of the online voting period, will be posted on the ACA website and available on the electronic ballot. 

  The ACA welcomes more diverse and inclusive representation in the composition of its Board and Committees and encourages the nomination of all qualified individuals including women, members of racialized communities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. 

  Questions should be directed to Alice Albarda (NAAC.Co-Chair2@archivists.ca) or Shannon Hodge (NAAC.Co-Chair1@archivists.ca), co-chairs, Nominations and Awards Committee. 

  The deadline for nominations April 5, 2023, 11:59 pm (PT). 

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• Professional Development Committee

  • When
    6 Apr 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  The ACA Professional Development Committee meets monthly the first Thursday of each month. 

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• Scope and Content Published, 4:4 - April 2023

  • When
    6 Apr 2023
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    ACA website

  ACA's monthly digital newsletter, Scope and Content published.

  Share your news with the ACA

  A form for promoting your news, events, and more through the Association of Canadian Archivists' official channels.

  https://archivists.ca/Submit-Member-News-Social-Media

  A note on Equity Commitments and ACA Communications

  As outlined in the ACA Equity Commitments (https://archivists.ca/Equity) and associated action plan, the ACA prioritizes the urgent need for equity and justice for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour), people with disabilities, new Canadians, and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and communities.

  
  

  
  

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• Statutory Holidays - ACA Office Closed

  • Start
    7 Apr 2023
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    12:00 AM
  • End
    10 Apr 2023
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    11:30 PM

  
  

  The ACA office will be closed Friday April 7th and Monday April 10th, 2023 and open again the 11th of April.
  

  
  

  
  

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• Special Meeting of the Municipal Archives Special Interest Section: Meeting with Olesia Stranyk and Oksana Melnyk, Lviv, Ukraine

  • When
    12 Apr 2023
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    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Webinar Meeting via Zoom

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  Special Meeting - Municipal Archives Special Interest Section

  The Municipal Archives Special Interest Section would like to invite all ACA members to a very special MASIS meeting with Olesia Stefanyk, the Director of the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine, Lviv and Oksana Melnyk, Archivist Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, Lviv on April 12, 2023 at 9:00 AM EST/6:00 AM PST.

  The meeting will include two short videos and a presentation by Ms. Stefanyk and Ms. Melnyk about the Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine and the ongoing work being done in a time of war to protect the valuable records held at its repository.

  Please submit any question you may have ahead of time to the executive.director@archives.ca

  Due to the time difference between Canada and the Ukraine the ACA will be recording the meeting for those unable to attend.

  Oksana Melnyk has been working in Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, Lviv as an archivist for the last ten years. Work in the Archives reading room with the researches of different age, from the countries all over the world (Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Hungary, France, Vatican, Canada, USA, Brazil, Argentina, Australia), having different goals of their research (trying to get birth/marriage/death certificates, land property documents, the oldest documents that proved their ancestors came from that village, information about military service in Austro-Hungarian army, finding information in professional sphere) has given a good knowledge of where people may find information about their ancestors in the archival documents. Having a diploma of English department of Ivan Franko National University and experience of teaching English in Poland gave knowledge of English and Polish. She also knows German and Latin a bit.

  Olesia Stefanyk graduated from Lviv Ivan Franko University, Ukrainian Language and Literature department in 1995.Olesia had been working as a Junior Research Fellow and a Head Researcher in Document Storage department from 1993 till 2006. Due to her being responsible, organizational skills and creative ways of implementing her duties in 2006 Olesia Stefanyk became a Deputy Director and in 2019 a Director of State Historical Archives of Ukraine, Lviv. She represented Archives at scientific international conferences in Poland, Turkey and Armenia. Document preservation, digitalizing and the usage of information of documents preserved in National Archival Fond are considered as Archives priority tasks by Olesia Stefanyk. She is learning new approaches of Archives development and is using them sucсessfully in her work. Olesia Stefanyk considers Archives to be the heart of society and this is the reason why she is trying to save documents preserved in Archives storehouses from the very first days of war started by russian federation against Ukraine.

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• Deadline: Nominations ACA Awards

  • When
    14 Apr 2023
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    6:00 PM - 11:59 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    ACA Website Nomination Form

  Nominations Now Open for ACA Awards 

  Closing Date April 14, 2023

  The ACA Nominations and Awards Committee (NAAC) is currently inviting nominations from the Canadian archival community for the following honors: 

  • ACA Fellows
  • Membership Recognition 
  • Larry Dohey Award
  • New Professional Award 
  • Honorary Archivist Award 

  Information on each award as well as the nomination process can be found on the Honours and Awards page: https://archivists.ca/Honours-and-Awards

  Closing date for nominations is April 14th, 2023.

  For more information, contact: Alice Albarda (NAAC.Co-Chair2@archivists.ca) or Shannon Hodge (NAAC.Co-Chair1@archivists.ca), co-chairs, NAAC. 

  Date and Place of Presentation

  Awards shall be bestowed at the Awards Celebration during the ACA Annual Conference in Charlottetown, PEI June 28 to July 1, 2023.

  
  

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• ACA Board of Directors and Committees - Spring Planning and Priorities Meeting

  • Start
    21 Apr 2023
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    11:00 AM
  • End
    22 Apr 2023
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Teleconference

  The ACA Board of Directors meets twice each year with committee chairs and members to set and review work plans, establish priorities for the association.
  

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• Professional Development Committee

  • When
    4 May 2023
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  The ACA Professional Development Committee meets monthly the first Thursday of each month. 

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• Community archiving - SISARO

  • When
    25 May 2023
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    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Webinar Meeting via Zoom

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  Community archiving

  Special Interest Section for Archives of Religious Organizations
  

  The Society of American Archivists defines a community archives as “documentation of a group of people that share common interests, and social, cultural and historical heritage, usually created by members of the group being documented and maintained outside of traditional archives.”
  
  Join the Association of Canadian Archivists – Special Interest Section for Archives of Religious Organizations for a panel discussion on community archives.

  Date: Thursday, May 25, 3:00 pm EST/EDT

  The Archives:
  

  • The Toronto Information Network for Independent Music Co-operative (TINI Music Co-op)
  • Nature London
  • Madonna House
  • Anglican Diocese of Huron parishes
  • Catholic Women’s League

  The Panelists:
  
  Simon Patrick Rogers is the special collections archivist at the John M. Kelly Library at the University of St. Michael’s College and a founding member of the TINI Music Co-op, a community archiving project to promote DIY archival documentation and information resources for Toronto area musicians, archivists and music enthusiasts. He has published numerous articles on diverse topics including archives, municipal history and architecture, music, literature, and the field of monetary appraisal.

  Long-time naturalists Winifred and David Wake have been the volunteer archivists for Nature London since 2006.  A registered charity with no paid employees, the 500-member club has roots going back to 1864.  The archive was established in 1966 and now holds the equivalent of about 20 banker’s boxes of material.  Winifred and David continue to learn as they work to establish the archive on a more professional footing and seek ways to accommodate digital holdings.

  Dez Nacario is the Archivist for the Huron Diocese of the Anglican Church in Canada. The V.M. Cronyn Memorial Archives collects records from churches, parishioners, clergy, and from the Synod activities of the Diocese of Huron. The collection encompasses over 200 churches, both active and inactive, across Southwestern Ontario from the early 1800s to present day. While churches are responsible for the care of their active records, Canon Law compels them to send records of historic value to the Archives for safekeeping and to make them available to interested researchers.

  Kathy McVady was born in Chicago and came to Madonna House in 1966, making Promises in 1968.  Most of her apostolic life was spent in a Madonna House mission house in Winslow, AZ, and in Barbados, West Indies.  During that time, she learned from a distance what field houses needed to provide for the ongoing work at Madonna House Archives, and when she was reassigned to Combermere in 2015, she began working at St. Sergius Archives, becoming the Department Head in 2016. 

  Kathleen Winter was born in Dublin, Ireland and came to Canada as a young child.  She has been active in the Catholic Women’s League serving as Secretary and President of St. Bonaventure Council of the Catholic Women’s League and on Calgary Diocesan Council as Resolutions, Education and Health, Spiritual Development Chairpersons and President Elect and Organization. In 2015 she started cataloguing the Catholic Women’s League records at the Calgary Catholic Pastoral Center.

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• Members Input Session

  • When
    31 May 2023
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom

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  Members Input Session
  

  2023 May 31 Online via Zoom

  Join the ACA Board of Directors on Wednesday May 31, 2023 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT for the Members Input Session. This meeting will take place online, via Zoom.  Supporting documents will be available online in the May 2023 Bulletin.

  Institutional members are reminded to ensure that a designated delegate has been entered into your membership profile to ensure your delegate receives the details about ACA meetings. Members will have an opportunity to share their input and ideas during this meeting.

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• ACA Annual General Meeting - 2023

  • When
    14 Jun 2023
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom

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  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.

  
  

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• ACA 2023: Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects

  • Start
    28 Jun 2023
  •  
    9:00 AM (ADT)
  • End
    1 Jul 2023
  •  
    11:30 PM (ADT)
  • Location
    In Person - Charlottetown at the Delta PEI

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  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
  

  • Early Bird Registration is from March 15, 2023 to May 15, 2023.
  • Regular Registration rates are from May 16, 2023 to June 18, 2023.
  • Onsite Registration rates are from June 19, 2023. 

  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. We will have a .pdf version of the conference program and program details will be on the website by April 15, 2023. 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.
  

  The App will be live April 15, 2023. At that time, you will be invited to download Whova to your desktop or mobile device, and you will be able to:

  • View the event agenda and plan your schedule
  • Access live sessions and recordings and utilize the session Q&A
  • Set up virtual meet-ups with your fellow attendees to connect remotely
  • Converse through various discussion Topics in the community Board
  • Access presentation documents and slides

  Association of Canadian Archivists Foundation
  

  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. 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
  

  
  

  
  

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• ACA 2023 Hybrid Pre-Conference Workshop:Introduction to Archival Digital Accessibility

  • When
    28 Jun 2023
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ADT)
  • Location
    In-Person Delta PEI, Charlottetown and online via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    16

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  ACA 2023: Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects

  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:
  

  • How digital barriers impact people with a wide range of disabilities.
  • The basics of accessibility and human rights legislation in Canada, and how it may impact your work with archival digital materials.
  • What kinds of software and hardware people may use to access your archival digital materials, with at least one live demonstration.
  • Practical tips, and some tools, to help you to start identifying and removing barriers to make your archival digital materials more accessible.
  • Hands-on exercises to practice some of the tips, so you can apply your knowledge right away to identify and lower barriers in your digital materials.

  Outline  
  

  • Introductions-10 minutes
  • Part 1: Different disabilities, legislation, technologies with live demo- 40 minutes
  • Part 1 Interaction: Questions will be asked about each area, so some discussion will take place.
  • Break-10 minutes
  • Part 2: Practical Tips-50 minutes
  • Part 2 Interaction: In each tip area, examples will be shown, we will work through them, and solo, or group, exercises will be provided for most tip areas.
  • Question Period-10 minutes
  • Question Period Interaction: Attendees will ask questions, and discussion will take place.

  Please note: This workshop will take place in person and using Zoom. The session will be recorded and accessible for 7 (days) to participants.
  

  Costs: 

  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.

  
  

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• Advertising, Sponsorship and Support - ACA 2023: Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects

  • Start
    28 Jun 2023
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    1 Jul 2023
  •  
    11:30 PM
  • Location
    In Person, onsite, Charlottetown at the Delta PEI
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    Be the first

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  Annual Conference: June 28 to July 1, 2023
  

   ACA 2023: Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects
  

  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.

  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.

  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

  • Partner from $ 250
    
  • Bronze from $750
  • Silver from $1250
  • Gold from $2750
  • Platinum from $5000
    

  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.

  ACA Bulletin: The Bulletin presents the Association's annual reports to over 600 individual & institutional members.  Contents include program and project results as well as financial results for the year.  Posted to the web, each issue remains accessible to Members into the future.  Production size is 8.5 x 11.

  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.
  

  
  

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• ACA 2023 In Person Pre-Conference Workshop: “Artificial Intelligence and Archives: the I Trust AI Research Project.

  • When
    28 Jun 2023
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ADT)
  • Location
    In-Person Delta PEI, Charlottetown
  • Spaces left
    47

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  ACA 2023 - Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects

  Pre-Conference Workshop

  “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.
  
  

  Outline:
  

  • Muhammad Abdul Mageed and Peter Sullivan will explain types of AI systems and tools.
  • Luciana Duranti will present what kind of tools are needed by the profession vs those that have been used to date, and the reasons why the 5th phase of the InterPARES project will be necessary.
  • Corinne Rogers will discuss the structure of the I Trust AI project and, with Peter Sullivan, provide an overview of the studies in progress
  • Tracey Lauriault will discuss two I Trust AI case studies about the preservation of digital twins and smart grids
  • The participants will be divided in 4 groups, each chaired by one of the speakers, to discuss the studies and propose additional studies
  • The participants will rejoin to discuss the new proposals

  Learning Outcomes

  The participants will learn to:

  • recognize different types of AI tools
  • identify the type of tool needed for different archival functions and activities
  • assess the conditions required for the use of AI tools (e.g. amount of terabytes of digitized material)
  • understand what is feasible and what is not
  • learn what current research is being done on the use of AI in archives

  Workshop Instructors
  

  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
  
  
  

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• ACA 2023 Trade Show - Exhibitors

  • Start
    29 Jun 2023
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • End
    30 Jun 2023
  •  
    5:30 PM
  • Location
    Delta PEI Charlottetown
  • Spaces left
    23
  • Registered
    1 registrant

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  ACA's 48th Annual Conference
  Belonging - Considering archival bonds and disconnects

  Trade Show - Exhibitors

   In Person and Virtual Options
  

  
  City: Charlottetown

  Dates: June 28 to July 1, 2023 at the Delta Hotels by Marriott, Prince Edward Island 

  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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