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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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COVID-19: An Archivist at Home (Part Two)

April 15, 2020April 16, 2020 Emily LonieAwareness

So, it’s been two weeks since I posted my first COVID-19 blog post. I am hoping to post every two weeks or so as I think this will be an interesting chronicle of how things[…]

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COVID-19: An Archivist at Home

April 1, 2020 Emily LonieAwareness

I have been struggling with whether or not to write a blog post in these strange times. Like everyone else, I have been adjusting to the new reality of social distancing, self-isolation, and remote work. But part[…]

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ACA@UBC 2020 – From Accountability to Memory

February 19, 2020 Emily LonieAccess

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[…]

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Accio Archives: Unleashing BitCurator

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Emily LonieEducation

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[…]

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20/20 Vision: Seeing Archives Differently (ACA Conference Call for Submissions)

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Emily LonieAwareness

I have the privilege of chairing the Program Committee for the annual conference of the Association of Canadian Archivists in 2020. The theme is 20/20 Vision: Seeing Archives Differently and the conference will be held[…]

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Cooperation Makes it Happen

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Emily LonieProfessional Development

At this year’s Association of Canadian Archivists conference in Toronto, Ontario, I presented in a lightning round session about the Lower Mainland Municipal Archivists Forum (LMMAF)—a group I formed in 2016. My presentation explored some[…]

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I SIP, you ZIP, we DIP: Archivematica Camp Vancouver, 2019

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Emily LonieAccess

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[…]

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Archival Origins: ACA 2019 Toronto

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Emily LonieAwareness

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[…]

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BC GLAM Symposium 2019

May 17, 2019 Emily LonieAccess

Another year, another opportunity for GLAM puns! While only one presenter at this year’s BC GLAM Symposium used an image of a GLAM rocker, we were all feeling GLAM-orous as members of the British Columbia[…]

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ACA@UBC 2019: Policy Matters

February 26, 2019 Emily LonieProfessional Development

Writing this blog has been such an enriching experience, but man does it ever make time fly! Another year has passed and been marked by the always engaging ACA@UBC Student Conference, held on February 15th, 2019. The[…]

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Hope Beyond Hope: Archival Professionals in Rural and Northern BC

November 6, 2018 Emily LonieAwareness

This month, I am so pleased to feature a guest post from Kathryn Louro. In this post, she provides some much-needed insight into archival life outside of urban centers. Enjoy!  Brief Bio: Kathryn Louro is an[…]

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ACA 2018 – Truths, Trust, and Technology

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 Emily LonieAwareness

I have been lucky enough to attend five of the past six Association of Canadian Archivists Conferences. Unfortunately, this year that luck ran out and I had to experience the conference vicariously through the entertaining (albeit often[…]

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Conference Disrupted – ACA 2017 in Ottawa

June 12, 2017August 11, 2017 Emily LonieProfessional Development

A year ago, I wrote about how excited I was about the incredible work being done by archivists in Canada and abroad and how the ACA 2016 Conference in Montreal had inspired me to start[…]

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