[BCMA] Managing Archival Collections in Whitehorse, Yukon Oct. 18-23, 2010

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Registrations are still being accepted for this highly practical course being offered in Whitehorse Yukon. The course will be relevant to a wide range of individuals, including professionals and volunteers working in museums, heritage organizations, cultural centres and other related contexts.

The course is offered by the Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria in partnership with the Yukon Historical and Museums Association.

MANAGING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS (HA 488U, 1.5 units)

Dates: October 18- 23, 2010
Location: Whitehorse, Yukon
Many museums, historical societies, communities and towns hold archival materials including documents and photographs that require specialized care and management. This intensive, week-long course focuses on archives as an important component of museum and local history collections and develops your understanding of ways in which these archival materials should be organized, managed, preserved and shared. While there is common ground between the management of artifacts and the management of archives, recognizing the distinctions is important to caring effectively for documentary materials and increasing their accessibility and use. In this course, lectures, discussions, hands-on work, site visits, and input from guest speakers offer you an opportunity to learn about key theoretical and practical issues associated with the range of duties involved in archives management. Regardless of the kind of institution you work in or community you represent, this course strengthens your understanding of:
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theories, principles, and practices governing archival management
*       legal, administrative, and professional frameworks
*       appraisal, acquisition, and accessioning of archives
*       archival arrangement and description, including the application of archival descriptive standards
*       physical processing and storage
*       the importance of preventive conservation
*       reference services and access issues
*       using archives to enhance exhibits, educational offerings, and outreach initiatives
*       the role of archives in culture and heritage

Instructor: Laura Millar, PhD. has been an archival, editorial, and educational consultant for over 25 years. She is the author of nearly four dozen professional publications on a range of topics, including records and archives management; information systems; and editing, publishing, and writing. She has delivered dozens of workshops, seminars, and presentations on archives and records management around the world, from Inuvik, Northwest Territories and St. John's, Newfoundland to Lusaka, Zambia and Wellington, New Zealand. She has worked as a consultant to a diverse range of organizations, agencies and governments across Canada and around the world.
She is the author of the 1988 publication A Manual for Small Archives, which remains a popular online reference tool for archival management used by museums, archives, and community associations across Canada. Her most recent publication is The Story Behind the Book: Preserving Author's and Publisher's Archives (2009).
Comments from past participants include: Laura is so well-versed in her subject and clearly enthusiastic about sharing knowledge!;...very interesting, excellent instructor;... the instructor, the assignments, were very good!;The course fills a huge void in my knowledge of archival matters
Fee: $669 (including tuition and a $75 materials fee); credit and non-credit registration options available
For more information about this course and to register, please visit: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=HA488U002
Brenda Weatherston
Program Coordinator | Cultural Resource Management Program
Division of Continuing Studies | University of Victoria
PO Box 3030 STN CSC | Continuing Studies Building Rm 345
Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA
Tel: 250 721-8504 | Fax: 250 721-8774 | Email: bweatherston at uvcs.uvic.ca<mailto:bweatherston at uvcs.uvic.ca>
Website: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/cultural<http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/iet>




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