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20/20 Vision: Seeing a Conference Differently

June 25, 2020 Emily LonieAccess

The last two months of my life have been consumed not by COVID-19, but by my role as Chair of the Program Team for the Association of Canadian Archivists’ 45th annual conference. This journey began[…]

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Searching for Answers in Archival Records (You can’t just Google them)

May 31, 2018June 4, 2018 Emily LonieAccess

Anyone else out there addicted to Google Analytics? I regularly get lost down the rabbit hole of search queries that are being made on my archives’ online search portal. I want to know what researchers are[…]

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So this one time, at AtoM Camp…

March 24, 2017 Emily LonieDescription

Nothing like a 90’s catch phrase you never wanted to hear again to get things started! Last week, I had the privilege of attending the first ever AtoM Camp, hosted by Artefactual Systems, the lead developers of[…]

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Climbers on Mount Garibaldi

Archival Backlogs: Tackling the Mountain

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 Emily LonieArrangement

I have had the great privilege of starting a municipal archives. With grand intentions and a touch of naiveté, I set out to process everything that came in before acquiring the next fonds or collection. One[…]

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Many hands make light work? Crowdsourcing archival description and transcription

June 20, 2016July 11, 2016 Emily LonieAccess

I get asked regularly whether I am digitizing everything in my archives’ holdings. There is an expectation that everything is digitized and accessible without having to physically enter an archives. But digitization is just the beginning.[…]

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