This week I am happy to welcome Andréa Tarnawsky to the blog. She has been working on adding some spice to our staff Zoom calls and I thought it would be great to share what[…]
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#AskAnArchivist Day 2019
I crunched the old numbers and it seems that this is my 50th Things I’m Fonds Of post! I can’t quite believe it! It blew me away so I didn’t want this milestone to go[…]
20/20 Vision: Seeing Archives Differently (ACA Conference Call for Submissions)
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[…]
City of Coquitlam Archives is Hiring!
The City of Coquitlam Archives is hiring a full time Archives and Records Officer. Come work with me! Archives and Records Officer Regular Full Time The City of Coquitlam is the sixth largest city in[…]
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[…]
A GLAMorous Day: BC’s First GLAM Symposium
In 2017, an MOU was signed between the BC Museums Association (BCMA), the Archives Association of BC (AABC), and the BC Library Association (BCLA). The historic agreement, the first-of-its-kind in Canada, formalized cooperation between the[…]
ACA@UBC International Symposium: 10 Years Young
It started in the minds of students at UBC’s School of Library and Archival Studies as a modest student symposium. In the ten years since the inaugural ACA@UBC, it has blossomed into the thought-provoking two-day international[…]
Enhancing Digital Access through IIIF
Archivists are always searching for new and exciting ways to make their content accessible and relevant. Gone are the days when a researcher would expect to go to a reading room, search through a card catalogue,[…]
Incredible Archives – the fascinating and the fun
My Archives is about as traditional as it gets. We preserve the historical memory of a city government as well as the community records that document the economic, political, and social history of the city.[…]
Reflections on the ACA@UBC Symposium
During my master’s years, I had the privilege of co-organizing the Carleton University Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium with Jenna Murdock Smith, friend and fellow archivist. Established more than 20 years ago, the Underhill Colloquium provides[…]