Another year older and another ACA@UBC in the books. Congratulations to the students at the UBC iSchool for another great day out of the office, chit-chatting with other archivists, and learning about archival practice around[…]
Category: Preservation
Accio Archives: Unleashing BitCurator
I am stepping aside for this one and giving the Things I’m Fonds Of floor over to a guest today. This post has been provided by John Moran. Originally from Ireland, John now lives on the unceded[…]
Accession, Arrange, Take Action! Archivists and Climate Change
Across the world, on September 20th, 2019, people demanded action on climate change. Students abandoned their classrooms for the climate change cause—possibly the most human of all issues. We created the problem, we made it[…]
I SIP, you ZIP, we DIP: Archivematica Camp Vancouver, 2019
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Artefactual’s Archivematica Camp held at the University of British Columbia. It was a three day intensive introduction to the Archivematica software and I was really impressed by[…]
Archival Origins: ACA 2019 Toronto
Another year has passed and so another Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) Conference is in the books. ACA 2019 in Toronto explored our “Archival Origins” and encouraged us to think about the roots of the[…]
Archives and Fashion: Manila is the New Black
Imagine if all collections were valued the way Condé Nast values its archives? An archival collection occupying real estate on the 15th floor of One World Trade Centre in Manhattan? Take that, dusty basement stereotypes! Of[…]
Digital Preservation: Choose Your Own Adventure
Cast your mind back to your childhood. You’re the protagonist and your choices determine the outcome of the story. Remember when you got to choose your own adventure? The outcome was not a fixed point and[…]