Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives Workshop

BASIC ARCHIVES — AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHIVAL PRACTICE

April 7-11, 2014     9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  Suite 201, 15 Hallett Crescent, St. John’s, NL

This five-day workshop is intended to introduce participants to basic archival skills through in-class exercises and “hands-on” demonstrations. Sessions are taught by professional archivists from the provincial archival community.  Parking is available behind the building.

Registration fee: $150 (includes 1-year individual membership)

 Day One:

 Morning session: Introduction to Archival Principles: Mary Ellen Wright (Professional Development and  Outreach Officer, ANLA) Definition of archival terms, introduction to archival administration; ethics and archives

Lunch: 12 noon — 1 p.m.

Afternoon session: Introduction to Preservation Issues for Archives: Paula French (Private conservator)

Measures to prevent damage and deterioration, preservation planning, disaster & emergency awareness, security, condition reports, reference regulations.

 Day Two

Meet at 9 a.m. for a tour of  the archives facilities at The Rooms

Appraisal and Selection (all day): Helen Miller (City of St. John’s Archives)

Principles governing the selection of archival materials, acquisition strategies and programs, collection mandates, deaccessioning, documentation.

Lunch: 1–2 p.m.

 Day Three 

Meet at 9 a.m for a tour of City of St. John’s Archives  (3rd Floor, 495 Water Street)

Morning session: Accessioning: Mary Ellen Wright (PDO, ANLA)

Lunch 1 – 2 p.m.

Afternoon session: Arrangement: Elizabeth Fewer (Archives Technician, Provincial Archives) Provenance, respect des fonds, original order, imposing order, creating levels of order, linking arrangement and description.

 Day Four

Meet at 9 a.m. for a tour of the Maritime History Archives  (Henrietta Harvey (Math) Building, MUN)

All day:  Description:   Mary Ellen Wright (PDO, ANLA) Descriptive elements, introduction to RAD (Rules for Archival Description).  RAD is the recognized Canadian standard for archival description.

Lunch: 1–2 p.m.

Day Five

Morning session: Access and reference: Mary Ellen Wright (PDO, ANLA)

Lunch: 1–2 p.m.

Afternoon session: Q and A with a panel of archivists from various institutions.

• Stephanie Harlick, Faculty of Medicine Founders’ Archives, MUN
• Greg Walsh, Director, The Rooms Provincial Archives Division
• Heather Wareham, Maritime History Archive

Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives
presents a 1 day workshop
Joining ARC-ANLA: Adding your archival holdings to the provincial database

Instructor: Mary Ellen Wright, ANLA’s Professional Development and Outreach Officer
Location: Trinity Historical Society Archives
Date/Time: February 27, 2014, 9-4 p.m. Lunch is included in the registration fee

This workshop will explore what’s involved in making your archival descriptions available on ANLA’s recently-launched ARC-ANLA on-line database of descriptions. ARC-ANLA is ANLA’s Archival Records Catalogue (ARC), a new portal to descriptions of archival records across the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The database of collections is an ongoing project, so check back frequently to find new additions. ARC-ANLA is powered by open source ICA-AtoM software and is hosted by Artefactual Systems.

The workshop will include:
• An introductory/refresher course on Rules for Archival Description (RAD), the Canadian archival descriptive standard
• Hands-on training in how to add archival descriptions to ARC-ANLA
Workshop participants will also learn how to edit their institution’s entry in the associated database of provincial archival institutions.

Fees: Members: $25 (Institutions must be ANLA members in order to add descriptions to the database.)

Some financial assistance for transportation costs is available for members: please contact the ANLA office for more information.

Registration deadline: February 24, 2014

Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives and Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador present a 1/2-day workshop:

Nan’s Cookbook in the Digital Age: digitizing and preserving family heirloom cookbooks and recipe cards

Date: February 21, 2014, 1-4:30 p.m.
Location: ANLA office, Suite 201, 15 Hallett Crescent, St. John’s
Presenters: Dale Jarvis, Intangible Cultural Heritage Development Officer, Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Nicole Penney, Intangible Cultural Heritage Programs Assistant
Mary Ellen Wright, ANLA Professional Development and Outreach Officer

Do you have your nan’s recipe cards? Did your mother keep a scrapbook of her favorites? Do family members reminisce about that old copy of the Cream of the West Cookbook with the comments and changes written all over its pages?

This workshop will teach participants how to create and preserve digital copies of these important family and community heirlooms. We’ll also talk about how best to preserve the original documents! Participants will be encouraged to bring examples from their own homes or collections.

Registration fee: $30
Registration deadline: February 17, 2014
Some financial assistance for transportation costs is available for ANLA members: please contact the ANLA office for more information.

Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives
presents a 1 day workshop
Joining ARC-ANLA: Adding your archival holdings to the provincial database

Instructor: Mary Ellen Wright, ANLA’s Professional Development and Outreach Officer

This workshop will explore what’s involved in making your archival descriptions available on ANLA’s recently-launched ARC-ANLA on-line database of descriptions. ARC-ANLA is ANLA’s Archival Records Catalogue (ARC), a new portal to descriptions of archival records across the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The database of collections is an ongoing project, so check back frequently to find new additions. ARC-ANLA is powered by open source ICA-AtoM software and is hosted by Artefactual Systems.

The workshop will include:
• An introductory/refresher course on Rules for Archival Description (RAD), the Canadian archival descriptive standard
• Hands-on training in how to add archival descriptions to ARC-ANLA
Workshop participants will also learn how to edit their institution’s entry in the associated database of provincial archival institutions.

Fees: Members: $25 (Institutions must be ANLA members in order to add descriptions to the database.)

Some financial assistance for transportation costs is available for members: please contact the ANLA office for more information.

The Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives presents

A 2-day workshop:

Digital Preservation Best Practices: Lessons Learned from the Experts

When: March 3-4, 2014 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Where: ANLA office, Suite 201, 15 Hallett Crescent, St. John’s

Presenters: Slavko Manojlovich, Associate University Librarian (Information Technology and QEII Library), Memorial University of Newfoundland; Benoit Pauwels, Head of Systems and Innovation Team for the Archives and Libraries, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Description: Will the digital content you create today be accessible and usable in 10 years? This workshop will provide attendees with an overview of the key components of a best practices digital preservation management strategy which will insure, to the extent possible, long-term access to our valuable digital collections (digitized and born-digital) Topics covered will include OAIS (a reference model for an Open Archival Information System) and the processes, procedures and tools associated with the PLANETS (Presevation and Long-term Access Through Network Services) Project.
The session content will be enhanced by a live demonstration of Archivematica, a state-of-the-art digital preservation workflow based on curation micro-services. The workshop content is applicable to any digital repository software platform including CONTENTdm, DSpace, Eprints, ArchivesSpace, etc.

Presenters:
Slavko Manojlovich, Associate University Librarian (Information Technology and QEII Library), Memorial University of Newfoundland
Slavko is responsible for managing all the automation programs for the Memorial University Libraries including the Digital Archives Initiative, one of Canada’s premier and heavily used collection of digitized cultural, historical and research resources and the university’s Research Repository, comprised of born digital scholarly papers, presentations and a growing number of electronic theses. He is also a member of the Canadian Council of Academies Expert Panel on “Memory Institutions and the Digital Revolution”.

Benoit Pauwels, Head of Systems and Innovation Team for the Archives and Libraries, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Benoit has been involved since the beginning of the century in the setup and management of various digital repositories for the Université Libre de Bruxelles, based on a variety of software packages: ETD-db, DSpace, ContentDM. Recently we have started a mass digitisation program for PhD theses, in a first instance, to be followed by other scholarly material, photograph collections in support of academic courses and administrative and cultural heritage archives of the University. With the exponential growth of the number of digital objects to manage and to preserve, we undertook a study on distributed digital preservation, resulting in a pilot setup of Archivematica as file format normalisation platform for all born digital or digitised objects managed by the Archives & Libraries, and in an international Private LOCKSS Network of 5 institutions (in 3 different countries).

Fees: Members: $350 Non-members: $400

Registration deadline: February 15, 2014

Some financial assistance for transportation costs is available for members: please contact the ANLA office for more information.

The Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) is pleased to announce the availability of additional webinar offerings. CCA Webinars are practical, interactive and instructed by leading experts within each subject field.

ARCHIVAL APPRAISAL WEBINAR
This interactive 90-minute webinar is available:
o December 17 from 11am to 12:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)
o January 21 from 12pm to 1:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)

PRESERVE AND PROTECT: ARCHIVES SECURITY WEBINAR This interactive 90-minute webinar is available:
o December 19 from 12pm to 1:30 EST ($165 plus HST)
o January 13 from 1pm to 2:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)

COPYRIGHT UPDATE WEBINAR: BILL C-11 & HOW IT AFFECTS YOUR ARCHIVES This interactive 90-minute webinar is available:
o December 11 from 2pm to 3:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)

NAAB BOOTCAMP
Each Bootcamp includes three (3) consecutive 90-minute webinar and is
available:
o Bootcamp #4 December 10, 11, 12 from 12pm to 1:30pm EST
o Bootcamp #5 January 14, 15, 16 from 12pm to 1:30pm EST
Bootcamp Registration: Primary Registration is $635.00 plus HST

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Discounts and additional fees:
* Receive a 10% discount when the same person registers for 2 or
more webinars.
* $25 for each additional person attending from your organization
(conditions apply and excludes NAAB Bootcamp).
* Secondary registration for NAAB Bootcamp is $125 plus HST
* Extra computer and telephone access points are available for a
fee of $20 each.

TO REGISTER PLEASE VISIT: http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/webinars.html
OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM

The Newfoundland Historical Society along with the Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives

will be holding its annual Gilbert Higgins free public lecture on

Thursday, November 28, 2013

at 8 pm

at Hampton Hall Lecture Theatre, located at the Marine Institute on Ridge Road

This month’s lecturer will be Paul Smith, and his talk is titled:

“A Mesmerizing Miscellany of Marvelous and Majestic Mummers: The Marketing of a Newfoundland Christmas Tradition.”-Gilbert Higgins Lecture.

This illustrated presentation explores the ways in which commodification of nostalgia has become the focus of some sectors of the market place. The marketing of tradition is by no means a new phenomenon and it has been far more extensive than we perhaps realize.  This underestimation possibly stems from the fact that, while we perceive today that marketing is facilitated through some form of corporate broker or entrepreneur, in reality this is not always the case.  Instead performers have often taken on this role themselves.  Similarly, at the grass roots level local artists and crafts people seeing performances of traditions such, as mummers, have turn those experiences into marketable wares.

Refreshments to follow

Parking is free and everyone is welcome to attend!